Exploring the legacy of Ethelburga – a community project focused on the Anglo-Saxon heritage of Lyminge, a village in the Elham Valley in East Kent.
There is currently an exhibition in Barham Parish Church celebrating the Royal Saxon Way. This is part of the Canterbury Festival and it runs to Sunday 25 October. The pictures are the work of local artist Ingrid Bax, and the poetry has been written by Professor Carolyn Oulton of Canterbury Christchurch University. Together, they provide … Continue reading An exhibition in Barham celebrating the Royal Saxon Way
We are delighted to unveil the first view of how Queen Ethelburga's church may have looked around 650 AD shortly after her death. This view has been wonderfully recreated for us by Dom Andrews, archaeological illustrator. We have based the view above on as much actual detail as we have, but inevitably in order to … Continue reading Re-creating Queen Ethelburga’s church
At Pathways to the Past, over the past few months, we have been working with Owen Standen and the Lyminge Environmental Group to develop a new management plan for the church yard. This area is important because it provides a vital link in the green corridor we have now managed to establish in the village … Continue reading The churchyard starts to get a new look
The chapel of St Peter, Bradwell-on-Sea lies at the end of the Dengie Peninsula in Essex, looking out onto the Blackwater estuary. It is a dramatic and historic location. Like Reculver on the north Kent coast, it is the site of a Roman fort, and like Reculver the church built in the fort dates to … Continue reading A trip to Bradwell-on-Sea
For many the Sutton Hoo helmet is the face of Anglo-Saxon England. It was a great pleasure, while on holiday in East Anglia this week, to return to Sutton Hoo and view this iconic site that is once more open to the public. The site is believed to be the royal burial ground of the … Continue reading A trip to Sutton Hoo
Earlier this month, the British Pilgrimage Trust published a new book designed to highlight the great number of historic and often beautiful pilgrimage sites that still exist across Britain today. Many of these are linked by paths that are becoming increasingly popular as walking routes, used by people in search of wonderful walking regardless of … Continue reading Lyminge is one of Britain’s Pilgrimage Places
Earlier this month we put up a post showing how the work is progressing to create a 3D digital reconstruction of the Anglo-Saxon church excavated last summer that we think was probably Ethelburga's church built in the 630s or 640s. Work has continued on this reconstruction over the past couple of weeks and the new … Continue reading Update on reconstructing Ethelburga’s church
Visitors to the church yard in the past week may have noticed some further progress. The retaining wall opposite the south porch has now been repaired and consolidated. Our bricklayer has done a great job dealing with a real mess. He has used bricks salvaged during the work to the paths and has mortared only … Continue reading Further progress in the churchyard
The dig in the church yard began just a year ago this month. Readers of this blog will be familiar with images of the Anglo-Saxon church that we uncovered, and that we are reasonably confident was built around the middle of the 7th Century. So this could be the church built by Ethelburga for the … Continue reading Visualising Ethelburga’s church
So here is the new path surface complete at last throughout the church yard. For the first time it is possible to see the outline of the 7th Century Anglo-Saxon church excavated last summer and understand its full ground plan. Work began yesterday fitting the metal rails that form the mould for the outline of … Continue reading The church yard paths completed
