The Deptford royal dockyard and manor of Sayes Court, London: excavations 2000–12 The man who was buried

The man who was buried there at the end of the 6th century AD was evidently a Christian but accompanied by an astonishing array of grave goods

A substantial part of the ground plan of the yard was recorded and combined with documentary evidence to identify slaughterhouses and yards

Pamela Greenwood

storehouses

the first large-scale naval food supply base in Britain

The Deptford royal dockyard and manor of Sayes Court, London: excavations 2000–12 The man who was buried2017 Antony Francis The largest ever excavation of a naval dockyard revealed storehouses, docks, slipways, cover buildings, mast ponds, a smithy and other structures. These remains are integrated with maps and documents to chart the yards development, from its opening in the early 16th century to its closure in 1869. Countless ships among them the Mary Rose and Golden Hinde were built, repaired or stored here, and the dockyard saw visits by royalty,