The Anglo-Saxon Princely Burial at Prittlewell, Southend-On-Sea

by Sue Hirst and Christopher Scull

In 2003 archaeologists discovered an intact princely burial between busy Priory Crescent and the railway line near Priory Park in Prittlewell. A find of international significance, this is the richest and most important Anglo-Saxon burial found since the 1939 discovery of the great ship burial at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk. The lavishly furnished wooden chamber beneath a mound contained the coffin of a high-status man, evidently a Christian, who died at...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1907586474
• ISBN13: 9781907586477
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Mola (Museum of London Archaeology)
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.4" x 9.0"