8th July 2013, 07:55 PM
Dunno how things are done in midgy-land, but in most of christendom they plant people west-east! ...er, bit like in all those west-east Roman cemeteries (including quite a lot of clearly pre-Christian ones) and I seem to have a report here with 100-odd L5th-6th C Anglians arranged in neat strings and almost entirely west-east (even the crouchers) , doubt anyone would suggest they were Christian unless you want to offend the Paulinus etc school of historical thought for Northumbria