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To: Monkey Face
It's in northern England, east of Nottinghamshire. I suppose that's where the logs are made.

How can they tell the person buried in the sarcophagus was a Saxon? Could have been an Angle.

16 posted on 07/04/2013 10:40:56 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

I have maps of the castles of the British Isles, but not handy. They are all in banker’s boxes, waiting for me to get them into page protectors and put into loose leaf binders.

But thanks for giving me the location. I appreciate that!

(DNA is the only way I know of to tell for sure “what” a person is: Saxon, Anglo, Norse, Russ, etc.)


18 posted on 07/04/2013 10:50:53 AM PDT by Monkey Face (Next time, elect an American.)
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To: Verginius Rufus
How can they tell the person buried in the sarcophagus was a Saxon?

Assuming the dating of 900 AD is correct it is likely to be Saxon or possibly a Danish chieftain. Alfred the Great died about that year and the reconquest of England by the Saxons was in its early stages. The Angles were long forgotten.

19 posted on 07/04/2013 10:57:32 AM PDT by katana (Just my opinions)
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