A high-status Anglo-Saxon settlement at Flixborough, Lincolnshire

Abstract

Excavations at Flixborough, Lincolnshire (1989–91) revealed an important Anglo-Saxon settlement. Here the various interpretations are discussed, ranging from monastic to ‘magnate’.

Lead Isotope Analysis of Pewter Mounts from the Viking Ship Burial at Gokstad: on the Origin and Use of Raw Materials

“…Some reuse of lead is also witnessed locally in Viking‐period Norway, where the artefact assemblage from the urban site of Kaupang includes some slightly curved items interpreted as fragments of lead containers (Pedersen ). The lead containers are most likely of either Viking‐ or Roman‐period date (Guy ; Loveluck ), illustrating the challenges involved even when trying to separate the lead objects from the two periods. Evaluation of mining history could only solve the problem to some extent, as lead was produced in several mining districts in both periods.…”

Middle Saxon' Settlement and Society: The Changing Rural Communities of Central and Eastern England

“…The assumption that most of these centres were the sites of ecclesiastical communities is difficult to corroborate based on archaeological material alone, and the back-projection of status should be treated with caution. One only needs to look at the conclusions of the excavators at the site of Flixborough, Lincolnshire, to see the tendency that some early medieval elite centres may have had to undergo changes in ownership or administration (Loveluck 1998;. Assigning sites to a peculiar elite group without reliable and contemporary documentary material is therefore a risky exercise, especially when the close relationship between the 'Middle Saxon' secular elite and the Church is considered.…”

“…Scholars have probably overemphasised the distinction between 'secular' and 'religious' centres and their estates, with archaeologists especially guilty of attempting to label individual sites as the product of specific agency (e.g. Loveluck 1998). As the work of Tim Pestell has shown, the archaeological record is not an adequate medium to make such rigid suppositions (Pestell 2003;.…”

Contextualising Romano-British Lead Tanks: A Study in Design, Destruction and Deposition

“…Found within an Anglo-Saxon settlement, dated seventh to tenth century, but evidence of settlement on the site from the Roman period. Loveluck 1998;Loveluck 2007, 103-4, fig. 6.7 Garton, Yorks.…”