Archaeology – Celtic Mirror

A Celtic Mirror from Great Chesterford, an article by Sir Cyril Fox, taken from Antiquity 135, 1960. A very detailed description  accompanied by a two third scale drawing and six black and white photos showing both sides of the mirror and the patterning in closer...

Anglo-Saxon Cemetery

An Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Great Chesterford, Essex, by Vera Evison, 1994.  CBA Research Report 91. The site of the excavation was north-west of the Roman town near the gravel pits.

Anglo-Saxon brooch in the shape of a bird

This is a replica of a bird-shaped brooch, possibly of religious significance, excavated from male grave 68 of the Anglo-Saxon cemetery discovered in Great Chesterford in 1952. It was reproduced in 2013 by Daegrad Tools, Sheffield for the purpose of...