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Before 400 Roman authors use the term "Saxon" to refer to raiders from north of the Rhine delta, who troubled the coasts of the North Sea and English channel. [2] The area of present day England was part of the Roman province of Britannia from 43 AD until the 5th century, although starting from the crisis of the third century it was often ruled by Roman usurpers who were in conflict with the ...
Saxon pot sherd (1923) [8] More than 90 silver Roman denarii coins and neck of a shattered pot found in quarry on Chadwell Hall farm (1956) [9] [10] Iron Age and Roman settlement; Roman coins now in Thurrock museum (1959) [2] [11] Chadwell St Mary Primary School; Roman coin, pot sherds and tile as well as Saxon finds and features (1996) [12]
Mucking was "a particularly extensive Anglo-Saxon settlement, of at least 100+ people, commanding an important strategic position in the Lower Thames region; it may have functioned as a meeting place and mart for surrounding areas on both sides of the Thames". [2]
Yeavering is situated at the western end of a valley known as Glendale, where the Cheviot foothills give way to the Tweed Valley, an area of fertile plain. [2] Yeavering's most prominent feature is the twin-peaked hill, Yeavering Bell (1,158 feet/353 metres above sea level), which was used as a hillfort in the Iron Age.
Whether late 4th or early 5th century, this was among the earliest Anglo-Saxon settlements in England. [11] The Anglo-Saxon settlement gradually moved north over the course of two hundred years after its establishment. [23] During or after the 8th century, the settlement was either abandoned, or drifted beyond the area that was excavated. [24]
An Atlas of Attestations in Anglo-Saxon Charters, c.670–1066. Cambridge, UK: Dept. of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic, University of Cambridge, UK. ISBN 978-0-9532697-6-1. Koch, John, "The Place of 'Y Gododdin' in the History of Scotland" in Ronald Black, William Gillies and Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh (eds) Celtic Connections. Proceedings of the ...
The site has been dated to the 5th–9th centuries, representing an early and middle Anglo-Saxon settlement. [2] Although noted for its metalworking and its size, the archaeologists concluded that it "displayed all the signs of a typical rural community", reflecting how "the vast majority" of the Anglo-Saxon population lived. [3]
However, "Caer Custoeint" and "Caer Brithon" are not included, the former having an unknown location and the latter being in Scotland and unlikely to actually have been a Roman civitas. [2] Many of the Roman civitates transitioned into Anglo-Saxon settlements during the Dark Ages, remaining as cities or large towns today. Others, however, fell ...