the fordcroft cemetery contained a mixture of cremation and inhumation burials. the two forms of burial were interspersed within the cemetery, leading excavators to believe that they were contemporary with each other. archaeologists have discovered a total of 19 cremations and 52 inhumations from the site. due to the grave goods found at the site, tester suggested that the site was probably active as a place of burial between "circa" 450 and 550 ce. he noted that culturally, the artefacts and forms of burial were similar to those found around the thames valley.