Two interesting artifacts I went to see today...
The first is a Norman period grave cover, dating to some time between 1066 (when the Normans invaded England) and about 1180. While it resembles a stone coffin lid, it would have been lain flat on top of a grave.
The second is part of the shaft of an Anglo-Saxon cross, from around 970 to 1066. It probably stood at the head of a grave - presumably, as the stonework is quite ornate, the grave of someone wealthy and powerful. Interestingly, Barack Obama is a direct descendant of one Thomas Blossom who lived in the village, so it just might have been the grave of a distant relative of his.
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You are lucky to live in an enormously interesting country with history, culture, and class (the kind our Predator in Chief sorely lacks) everywhere.
EllenDale
Level 7
Mar 25, 2019
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)Fascinating! History and archeology, especially in Great Britain, are a couple of my favorite subjects. Where did you go to see these?
Deb57
Level 8
Mar 25, 2019
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Ah, I just scrolled down and saw your answer to someone else.
Jnei:
@Deb57 You'd love the area - within a few hours' walking, you could see the medieval colleges at Cambridge, an Iron Age hill fort, a Roman road, numerous medieval churches including one that was abandoned for more than a century and another with what may be re-used Roman columns, one of the most important airfields of WWII and the house where a future queen of England hid whilst escaping her enemies.
Part of our history....interesting. Where exactly are they?
Marionville
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Mar 25, 2019
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Jnei:
St Andrew's Church (which, unlike most English village churches, isn't especially interesting other than these two objects) in Stapleford, Cambridgeshire.
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