More developments from the tomb of the Saxon king!
September 2004
An archaeological excavation by MoLAS in Priory Crescent, Southend unearthed a 7th century grave that is perhaps the most spectacular discovery of its kind of the past 50 years.
Work on site finished some time ago, but continuing work in the laboratory is revealing yet more about the prince's life and death. Some of the more fragile or fragmentary remains were removed from the site within surrounding blocks of sand. These remains have now been painstakingly exposed and conserved, and several exciting new artefacts brought to light.
Read the story so far
Publication
There is now a 44 page booklet (The Prittlewell prince: the discovery of a rich Anglo-Saxon burial in Essex) available telling the story of the spectacular discovery.