1,300-year-old Anglo-Saxon cross presented to Cambridge museum
by Maev Kennedy from on (#3ET2A)
Garnet and gold cross discovered in 2011 on the body of a teenage girl buried lying in her own bed
A beautiful gold and garnet cross, found on the breast of a teenage girl buried lying on her own bed about 1,300 years ago, has been presented to the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Cambridge.
The girl's grave was found in 2011 by University of Cambridge archaeologists only a few miles from the museum, on land at Trumpington being developed for housing. The bed on which she lay - probably her own - had rotted into the soil centuries ago leaving only the iron supports, but the cross stitched onto the dress which became her shroud was still gleaming.