ANGLO-SAXON OXFORDSHIRE

ANGLO-SAXON BURIALS FROM HEYFORD PURCELL

During the enclosure of the parish in 1801 a number of objects were found in a field near the Bicester Road at Heyford Purcell. A feature known as the Harborough Bank was being levelled when several skeletons were found together with spearheads, beads and other arefacts.

See the finds from Heyford Purcell
Spearhead	Spearhead	Disc brooch	Knife
Spangle	Binding	Mounts	Beads
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REFERENCES:

A. MacGregor and E. Bolick (1993) Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non- Ferrous Metals), BAR British Series 230.