Monday 16th November 2026 -
Simon Markus - Overstone Leys - A Bronze Age barrow cemetery and Anglo-Saxon settlement and cemetery..
Abstract:
Overstone Leys - A Bronze Age barrow cemetery and Anglo-Saxon settlement and cemetery. The site boasts the largest Anglo-Saxon collection of amber beads in the country as part of the over 3000 finds recovered from the cemetery. Specialist work is still ongoing, and we're currently undertaking, among other things, isotope and aDNA analysis of some of the burials to better understand the population of this settlement.
Bio.
Simon has been an archaeologist since 2011, working for MOLA (formerly Northamptonshire Archaeology) since 2011. As a Project Officer he led major excavations in Overstone, Northampton on a rich Bronze Age to early medieval landscape including several Bronze Age round barrows and mortuary houses, Roman cellared building with associated industrial centre, and early medieval cemetery and settlement. More recently, he led the eastern portion of excavations (Godmanchester-Girton) for the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme, and subsequently the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet Improvement Scheme.
Simon Markus - Overstone Leys - A Bronze Age barrow cemetery and Anglo-Saxon settlement and cemetery..
Abstract:
Overstone Leys - A Bronze Age barrow cemetery and Anglo-Saxon settlement and cemetery. The site boasts the largest Anglo-Saxon collection of amber beads in the country as part of the over 3000 finds recovered from the cemetery. Specialist work is still ongoing, and we're currently undertaking, among other things, isotope and aDNA analysis of some of the burials to better understand the population of this settlement.
Bio.
Simon has been an archaeologist since 2011, working for MOLA (formerly Northamptonshire Archaeology) since 2011. As a Project Officer he led major excavations in Overstone, Northampton on a rich Bronze Age to early medieval landscape including several Bronze Age round barrows and mortuary houses, Roman cellared building with associated industrial centre, and early medieval cemetery and settlement. More recently, he led the eastern portion of excavations (Godmanchester-Girton) for the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme, and subsequently the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet Improvement Scheme.