Overstone Anglo-Saxon Cemetery

Overstone Anglo-Saxon cemetery is an Anglo-Saxon place of burial discovered at the Overstone Leys housing development site near the village of Overstone, Northamptonshire [1]. The burial site was found during an archaeological investigation in 2019 [1]. It is the biggest Anglo-Saxon cemetery ever found in Northamptonshire [1]. The 15 hectare site was excavated in 2019 by the Museum of London Archaeology over a 12 month period [1]. Uncovered during the excavation were 154 individual graves and 3000 artefacts [1]. Included in the individual burials were many grave goods, consisting primarily of jewellery and weapons [1]. A group of 22 previously unknown Anglo-Saxon era structures were also found at the site [1]. The assemblage was a combination of sunken-feature buildings and post-built structures [1].