“It was quite a surprise. We had done a series of trial trench excavations and had no idea they were there.
“We were very lucky they had survived because they were less than a foot down and the land had been ploughed very recently.”
Exning has strong links to King Anna, who converted to Christianity in the early 7th century, and is reportedly the birthplace of Queen Etheldreda, his daughter, who had Ely named after her.
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