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Early Saxon
The pictures attached are from the FEAG visit to the dig at the Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Oakington in 2013.
These pictures were taken by Rodney Scarle
The Anglo Saxon period starts after the withdrawal of the Roman Empire from Britain in the 5th century AD. The name Anglo-Saxon is usually used to describe the invading Germanic tribes and their creation of the English nation until the Norman conquest of 1066AD.
The Benedictine monk Bede, writing three centuries after the start of the Anglo Saxon period identifies the three Germanic tribes as:
