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Grave 109 at Oakington is a rare triple burial, holding the remains of a female infant, a young woman (left) and an older woman (center). Duncan Sayer The soldiers arrived in “three ships of war, with ...
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A hoard of 179 silver pennies, likely buried on the eve of the Battle of Hastings in 1066, and a rare Roman vehicle fitting ...
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