Monument record FML 022 - The Hermitage, Dennington Road

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Summary

"In house foundations at the Hermitage on Dennington Road, several human skeletons were found some years ago" (S1).

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 2808 6353 (117m by 127m) (2 map features)
Map sheet TM26SE
Civil Parish FRAMLINGHAM, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (3)

Full Description

'In house foundations at the Hermitage on Dennington Road, several human skeletons were found some years ago' (S1). The Hermitage was in existence in 1547, adjoining 6 acres of glebe land called Hermitage Close (S2). Note: there is a reference to an 'Ancarisse (Anchoress) of Framlingham' in 1385 (S2).
NGR for the Hermitage after verbal description by John Ridgard (S3). Location just outside medieval urban area (?).
Site location likely to have actually been on opposite side (W) of road in (S4).
July 2002: mapped HER area revised to include area suggested in (S4).
For possible site of Hermitage - see FML 042 (sf21655) evaluated August 2003.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <S1> (No record type): Whites Directory of Suffolk, 1844.
  • <M1> Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: site report.
  • <S2> (No record type): Goult W, A Survey of Suffolk Parish History, 1990.
  • <S3> (No record type): Ridgard J, February 1997.
  • <S4> (No record type): Breen A, March 1998, in SAU, SCCAS Report 98/31, March 1998.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Mar 10 2009 11:21AM

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