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Mr. Tony Fisher an Archaeologist with the Suffolk County Council Archaeology Department, carefully digs for poetry and flints at the newly discovered Anglo-Saxon burial site at the 48TH Fighter Wings parking lot construction site located at Royal Air Force (RAF), Lakenheath, UK. The excavation site forms part of an early Anglo-Saxon cemetery complex first identified in 1956 and continues on from work carried out on different parts of the site. The present excavation has so far revealed 50 graves dating from a period between the late fifth and early seventh centuries, which brings the total of burials found in this area to more than 400

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Paul R. Caron Jr., USAF Release Status: Rel More

Mr. John Blow an Archaeologist with the Suffolk County Council Archaeology Department, uses a metal detector to help locate possible new Anglo-Saxon burial sites at the 48TH Fighter Wings parking lot construction site at Royal Air Force (RAF), Lakenheath, UK. The excavation site forms part of an early Anglo-Saxon cemetery complex first identified in 1956 and continues on from work carried out on different parts of the site. The present excavation has so far revealed 50 graves dating from a period between the late fifth and early seventh centuries, which brings the total of burials found in this area to more than 400

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Paul R. Caron Jr., USAF Release Status: Rel More

Mr. Martin O' Hare an Archaeologist with the Suffolk County Council Archaeology Department, takes a photo of a newly discovered Anglo-Saxon burial site at the 48TH Fighter Wings parking lot construction site located at Royal Air Force (RAF), Lakenheath, UK. The excavation site forms part of an early Anglo-Saxon cemetery complex first identified in 1956 and continues on from work carried out on different parts of the site. The present excavation has so far revealed 50 graves dating from a period between the late fifth and early seventh centuries, which brings the total of burials found in this area to more than 400

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Paul R. Caron Jr., USAF Release Status: Rel More

Amy Jones an Archaeologist with the Suffolk County Council Archaeology Department, carefully digs for poetry and flints at the newly discovered Anglo-Saxon burial site at the 48TH Fighter Wings parking lot construction site located at Royal Air Force (RAF), Lakenheath, UK. The excavation site forms part of an early Anglo-Saxon cemetery complex first identified in 1956 and continues on from work carried out on different parts of the site. The present excavation has so far revealed 50 graves dating from a period between the late fifth and early seventh centuries, which brings the total of burials found in this area to more than 400

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Paul R. Caron Jr., USAF Release Status: Rel More

Close up of a lady's grave, one of 50 new Anglo-Saxon graves discovered at Royal Air Force (RAF), Lakenheath, UK. A team of archaeologists from the Suffolk County Council Archaeology Department is excavating the site of the old hospital annex on base. The excavation site forms part of an early Anglo-Saxon cemetery complex first identified in 1956 and continues on from work carried out on different parts of the site. The present excavation has so far revealed graves dating from a period between the late fifth and early seventh centuries, which brings the total of burials found in this area to more than 400

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Paul R. Caron Jr., USAF Release Status: Rel More