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Also
known as Bevis Grave. It is a pre-historic site, which was excavated
in 1815, when three skeletons and a broken spear were found within
12 inches of the surface. Another account made in 1828 by Dr. Sleight
describes:
...it
was 100 feet long, 20 feet wide, and 6 feet high, and it lay due
east west. Sixteen skeletons were found in it, each in a distinct
grave, and three feet apart. An iron spear-head very like a Roman
pilum, was found firmly embedded in the neck vertebra of one of
the skeletons...
It was re-excavated in 1978, when a Saxon
cemetery with pre-Christian and Christian burials was found. A Roman Road
crossed here. Today the site is an un-marked field.
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