{"id":224,"date":"2021-02-02T18:19:40","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T18:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/middle-thames-archaeology\/?page_id=224"},"modified":"2023-01-04T17:49:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T17:49:54","slug":"marlow-warlord-anglo-saxon-burial","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/middle-thames-archaeology\/projects\/marlow-warlord-anglo-saxon-burial\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlow Warlord Anglo-Saxon Burial"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2018 members of the detectorist group, the Maidenhead Search Society, identified the site of a high-status Anglo-Saxon warrior burial dating to the 6th<\/sup> century A.D. on a prominent site overlooking the Thames near Marlow.\u00a0 As responsible detectorists they contacted the Portable Antiquities Scheme who conducted a targeted excavation to recover a pair of bronze bowls (seen in the picture below) that had given the original signal.\u00a0 In the summer of 2020 team from the University of Reading led by Dr Gabor Thomas and assisted by local volunteers, returned to the site\u00a0 to conduct a more comprehensive excavation to better understand the nature and context of the burial.\u00a0\u00a0 This resulted in the recovery of the skeletal remains – a male individual of around 40-50 years of tall stature with a robust physique \u2013 accompanied by an array of grave goods, including an exceptionally well-preserved iron sword in its original wood and leather scabbard.<\/p>\n