Archaeology

Medieval Coal Mining: An originally three-legged oak stool, one of many found at the Lounge mine and assumed to have been leant on by miners working in galleries of an awkward height. Pin on Pinterest

Medieval Coal Mining: Tudor single-ended iron pick with wooden handle. Pin on Pinterest

Medieval Coal Mining: Tudor pit timber, one of many recovered from the old mine workings. Pin on Pinterest

Medieval Coal Mining: At least six of these intriguing wooden hooks were discovered in the old workings and may have been used to pull a corf (basket or wagon) of coal out of awkward locations or away from the shaft bottom. Pin on Pinterest

Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries: Close-up of stamped and incised decoration on an Early Anglo-Saxon urn from Thurmaston cremation cemetery excavated in 1954. Pin on Pinterest

Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries: Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy tweezers with suspension loop, from the Thurmaston cremation cemetery, AD 500-600. Pin on Pinterest

Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries: Anglo-Saxon iron shears with cremated human bone attached from Thurmaston cremation cemetery. Pin on Pinterest

Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries: Anglo-Saxon gilded copper-alloy great square-headed brooch, Billesdon. Pin on Pinterest

Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries: Anglo-Saxon glass and amber beads, Melton Mowbray and Garthorpe. Pin on Pinterest

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