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We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded funding of £45,268 by The National Lottery  Heritage Fund for our project Coins and Crosses: Seeking the Anglo-Saxons in Winfarthing and Waveney. This project aims to raise awareness and deepen a sense of local connection to the previously unknown Anglo-Saxon history of Winfarthing. Since the discovery of the grave of the Winfarthing lady in 2015, the local community has been keen to learn more about her and the world she

Here at the Winfarthing Anglo-Saxon Project (WASP) we do our best to run a few events each year for the local community to enjoy, and to stay in touch with the ongoing research into the archaeological finds made in the village in recent years. We are, however, a small group of volunteers. To expand on what we have done over the last few years we are seeking funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund . If our bid is successful, the funding would allow us to employ some fr

Our story starts in a cold, muddy field in the winter of 2014. Tom Lucking, a local metal detectorist and archaeology student, was...