This glass counter decorated with twisted colorful strands was discovered at the site/ University of Sheffield
Posted on 03/02/2016 3:29:24 PM PST by BenLurkin
It is thought the settlement might have been an island monastery or a trading center, but archaeologists have just begun investigating it.
Using geophysical and magnetometry surveys along with 3D modelling, the researchers digitally restored the water level of the island to its higher medieval state.
“It is enclosed between a basin and a ditch,” Willmott told The Guardian.
“It was a focal point in the Lincolnshire area, connected to the outside world through water courses,” he added.
Students from the University have subsequently opened nine evaluation trenches at the site, exposing an area which seems to have been used for industrial working.
“It’s clearly a very high-status Saxon site … it’s clearly not your everyday find,” Willmott said.
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Wow. Very cool.
Didja ping SunkenCiv?
Very neat.
Surrounded by muslim no-go areas?
Cool. Thanks for posting this.
>>> the researchers digitally restored the water level of the island to its higher medieval state.
Wait a minute. I’m so confused. If the water level was higher in the medieval state, does that mean sea levels have fallen since then? Calling Algore!
Anglo-Saxon pride is fine with me.
Lincolnshire was more or less one big patch of marshland until it was drained in the early industrial era.
Yeah, we don't want any islands to go missing, do we???
Thanks KGeorge.
Anglo-Saxon pride is fine with me.
Agreed.
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