Discovery of two communities using same burial site in Leeds may unlock one of the most significant periods in British history
The remains of an aristocratic Roman woman have been discovered along with 60 men, women and children who lived more than a thousand years ago CREDIT: WEST YORKSHIRE JOINT SERVICES/LEEDS CITY COUNCIL/ SWNS
Archeologists say the discovery of an aristocratic Roman woman dating back 1,600 years at a grave site where early-Saxon remains were discovered is a “once-in-a-lifetime” find.
The combination of the two communities at the same burial site could shed light on the largely undocumented period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, experts think.
The high-status Roman female was also discovered in an “extremely rare” lead coffin, buried among 60 men, women and children who lived more than a thousand years ago.
And historians now believe the stunning find may unlock one of the most significant periods in British history.
Researchers found the graveyard during a dig near Garforth, Leeds, which unusually included both late-Roman and early-Saxon people with different burial customs.
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