Posts Tagged ‘loftus-princess’
Steve Sherlock Story #2
Here’s the second posting from Steve Sherlock. This is copyright material so please treat accordingly. These pictures will be available in a book from Kirkleatham Museum quiet soon.

Plan of grave 29 to show the location of the sword within the grave
Still To Come
A poem from John Stockwell plus a downloadable Anglo-Saxon Quiz !
Also another posting from Steve Sherlock
And the display from Skinningrove History Group
Steve Sherlock Story #1
Steve has promised to share a picture and some info with us each day. These will be part of a larger collection available in a book obtainable in the first instance from Kirkleatham Museum. This is copyright material please treat it accordingly

Beads with coins from grave 21 after conservation, positioned as found
NB. The coins are Iron Age (pre-Roman) and therefore 600 years old when adapted into jewellery in the c7th.
Day Two
It was so busy yesterday that it was hard to get pictures of the exhibits. Here are some taken this morning before visitors started to arrive.
