Saxon urn found in back garden

A Saxon site was found in Buckinghamshire in 2001

Archaeologists digging in the back garden of a family home in Otford near Sevenoaks have found artefacts dating back almost 2,000 years.

The local council called in the team after the Taylor family applied for planning permission to build an extension.

Their semi-detached home is known to be on a Saxon burial site.

The archaeologists spent four days digging in the garden and unearthed a Saxon burial urn and an entire Roman wall.

Excavate carefully

The wall is going to be bridged over and the pot will be taken away for analysis.

Archaeologist Simon Mason said it added more to the history of Otford.

"We will excavate it carefully," he said.

"We will look at the contents and if there are any remains, we will take those out and they can be looked at and analysed to see what sort of individual was burned and buried there.

"Hopefully the pot will be put on display somewhere."