Monument record COL 001 - Anglo- Saxon inhumation cemetery and findspot of sword, spear and buckle in a gravel pit.
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TL 8882 3860 (50m by 50m) |
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Map sheet | TL83NE |
Civil Parish | LITTLE CORNARD, BABERGH, SUFFOLK |
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Type and Period (4)
Full Description
Inhumation cemetery. Sword, spear and buckles found in a gravel pit, 1868 (S1). `Armour as named was found, other small and supposed ancient ornaments have been found at various times near this spot' (S1, A Clarke entry, 1950).
Basil Brown in his list of battles in Suffolk, gives the following. "Little Cornard - Danes Hole. Battle between Danes and Saxons. Sword and armour found in ruin in Hall called Kedington" (S2).
This is possibly the same site and find.
Also reported human skull and limb bones, now lost, (OS 83NE14), undated but considered to be Neolithic in 1914 (S3), from a gravel pit, probably this one if entry for COL 002 is correct (S1).
Sources/Archives (9)
- <S1> SSF50032 Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TL83NE13(14).
- <M1> SSF50035 Unpublished document: Basil Brown. Basil Brown Archive. Basil Brown archive: volume.
- <S2> SSF50035 Unpublished document: Basil Brown. Basil Brown Archive. Brown B, XCVIII, 70.
- <M2> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: copy (S3).
- <S3> SSF16528 (No record type): PPSEA, 1, 1912-1913, (3), 297-300 (ref for bones).
- <S4> SSF11099 Bibliographic reference: Meaney, A.. 1964. Gazeteer of Early Anglo Saxon Burial Sites.
- <S5> SSF59830 Source Unchecked: RCHME?. Various. Field Investigators Comments. F1 AC 11-OCT-50.
- <S6> SSF59794 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.
- <S7> SSF59830 Source Unchecked: RCHME?. Various. Field Investigators Comments. F1 AC 11-OCT-50.
Finds (4)
- FSF9727: SWORD (Saxon - 410 AD? to 1065 AD?)
- FSF9728: SPEARHEAD (Saxon - 410 AD? to 1065 AD?)
- FSF9729: BUCKLE (Saxon - 410 AD? to 1065 AD?)
- FSF9730: HUMAN REMAINS (Saxon - 410 AD? to 1065 AD?)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Mar 3 2021 12:31PM