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Prittlewell Square

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Prittlewell Square
Prittlewell Square
Prittlewell Square
Prittlewell Square
Prittlewell Square
Prittlewell Square
Prittlewell Square
Prittlewell Square
Prittlewell Square
Prittlewell Square
Prittlewell Square
Prittlewell Square
Prittlewell Square
Prittlewell Square
Prittlewell Square
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Clifftown Parade, Southend-on-Sea SS1 1EZ, England

The Royal Saxon tomb in Prittlewell is a high-status Anglo-Saxon tomb excavated at Prittlewell, north of Southend-on-Sea, in the English county of Essex. In the autumn of 2003, in preparation for a road-widening scheme, an archaeological survey was carried out on a plot of land to the north-east of Priory Park in Prittlewell. Earlier excavations had indicated Saxon burials in the area however it was not expected that such a significant find could be made. The archaeologists were lucky in the placement of their trench and uncovered a set of Saxon remains. Archaeologists from the Museum of London Archaeology Service, under the supervision of Atkins Ltd, excavated the site and discovered an undisturbed 7th century chamber grave beneath a mound. They described it as the most spectacular discovery of its kind made during the past 60 years. The quality and preservation of the Prittlewell Chamber Tomb has led to inevitable comparisons with the Sutton Hoo Ship Burial and associated graves. The artefacts found were of a quality that it is likely that Prittlewell was a tomb of one of the Kings of Essex and the discovery of golden foil crosses indicates that the inhabitant was an early Christian.
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