NHER 10451 (Monument record) - Possible site of Saxon church, Seething
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM39NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SEETHING, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
'Monument on site of church' - Ordnance Survey.
'?Medieval skulls WBM' marked on NCM maps.
Domesday Book refers to two churches at Seething.
(S1) states only that the missing church 'had saxon origins'.
(S2) states that it was destroyed by the Danes in 584(!) and that human skeletons 'have been found nearby'.
The monument gives no information as it is a plain obelisk with no inscription - information from J. J. Wymer (NAU).
E. Rose (NAU) 3 January 1985.
Appropriate section from reference (S3) in file.
However, [1] states that the monument does have very faint inscriptions, now illegible, which seem to have been reused from an older version.
E. Rose (NLA) 22 January 2002.
The monument stands on one of two hillocks separated by a deep hollow way. It resembles a huge church pinnacle set on a square brick base, but was probably purpose made. There are two inscription plaques; the only words that could be made out were "Erected....AD....58".
E. Rose (NLA) 9 March 2002.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF87263 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Seething.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 39 NW 12.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF7069 Publication: Messent, C. J. W. 1931. The Ruined Churches of Norfolk.
- <S2> SNF50324 Serial: Bryant, T. H. 1900. Norfolk Churches. Hundred of Loddon.
- <S3> SNF4550 Monograph: Batcock, N. 1991. The Ruined and Disused Churches of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 51. Microfiche 5:G12. No 210; p 54.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (2)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
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Record last edited
Jul 20 2016 8:41AM