A burial in Cathedral Close

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A burial in Cathedral Close

The Middle Saxon cemetery in the Close consisted of a mix of burials: some simple inhumations, others ‘charcoal burials’. One of the latter type is shown here: the body of an adult has been laid on a bed of charcoal, which seems to have been scattered in the open grave.

Acknowledgments: Exeter City Council

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