Prittlewell royal Anglo-Saxon burial

Prittlewell royal Anglo-Saxon burial
Map of Essex showing the location of Prittlewell
LocationPrittlewell, Southend-on-Sea
RegionEssex, England
Coordinates51°33′14″N 0°42′31″E / 51.55391°N 0.70873°E / 51.55391; 0.70873
TypeAnglo-Saxon burial mound
History
Foundedc.580
PeriodsAnglo-Saxon England
CulturesAnglo-Saxons
Associated with?Sæxa, brother of Sæberht of Essex
Site notes
Excavation dates2003
ArchaeologistsMOLA
OwnershipSouthend-on-Sea City Council
Websiteprittlewellprincelyburial.org

The Prittlewell royal Anglo-Saxon burial or Prittlewell princely burial is a high-status Anglo-Saxon burial mound which was excavated at Prittlewell, north of Southend-on-Sea, in the English county of Essex.

Artefacts found by archaeologists in the burial chamber are of a quality that initially suggested that this tomb in Prittlewell was a tomb of one of the Anglo-Saxon Kings of Essex, and the discovery of golden foil crosses indicate that the burial was of an early Anglo-Saxon Christian. The burial is now dated to about 580, and is thought that it contained the remains of Sæxa, brother of Sæberht of Essex.

In May 2019, some of the excavated artefacts went on permanent display in Southend Central Museum.