Monument record MDO3876 - Possible Sub-Roman Christian cemetery at Langham, Gillingham

According to Hutchins at least one hundred extended skeletons recorded during the quarrying of limestone near Langham; the date of discovery is not recorded. The burials were arranged at 2 feet intervals about 3 feet below the surface, with heads to the west, and are interpreted as a possible sub Roman inhumation cemetery.

Finds & archive ref: Thurnam Skull Catalogue no. 271, "Old English from an anceint cemetery..at Langham...presented by T. Thompson". Possible excavation? Inhumation Burials (? about 778262), probably a sub-Roman Christian cemetery, found while quarrying limestone near Langham, on level ground some 350 ft above sea-level; the date of discovery is not recorded. At least a hundred skeletons were arranged at 2 ft intervals about 3 ft below the surface, with heads to the west. Two brooches and some small sherds of rough pottery were found. <2> Local tradition associates the finding of burials within an area of disturbed pastureland centred at ST 778263. The date of the discovery could not be ascertained. <3>

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