Monument record BRH 009 - Chapelfields

1932: Three skeletons found facing downwards (S5)(S6).
Skeletons discovered in gravel pit. Observation in 1949 by S E West suggests haphazard burials, men women and children in almost equal proportions.
Traditional site of battle between Saxon and Danes (S6)(R1).
? Med plague pit.
Basil Brown visited site with S Page 14 May 1949. Found fragments of Med pottery and human bone. He excavated one burial which lay feet to E and a second lying in the same orientation. Amongst burials wall footings of what appeared to be a rectangular building were also examined. Part of a glazed Med floor tile was found. Near a portion of skull lay the base of a Med pottery vessel - photograph in archive (S1).
Mr Gooding, owner of the pit, gave B Brown the base of a Med jug with thumbed decoration near base and violet glaze which was found in the top level of the pit. Also a small figure of a man's head made of plaster resembling terracotta (S2).
Cutting from EADT 8 August 1959 reports find of a skull embedded in the side of the pit by (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s) (S3).
Circa 1967: Numerous `Anglo-Saxon' skeletons found in gravel pit. Calvin Wells report on skeletal remains. Details in (S5)(R1(R2).
October 1995: Two further skulls in material deposited by gravel workings (S4). Site name and finds and bone report suggest chapel site rather than battlefield.