Prince's Time Trail of Prittlewell

Further excavations in 2003 revealed the totally unexpected find of a Saxon burial chamber. The chamber contained many artefacts indicating the occupant had been a Prince or King of around 600-625AD. The site is on the open land opposite Priory Park, next to the railway bridge. All the artefacts have now been excavated and the site has been restored to its previous level. It is interesting to speculate what other archaeological evidence was lost when the railway cutting was constructed in 1887.