Monument record HXN 017 - Chapel of St Edmund
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TM 1801 7565 (50m by 50m) |
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Map sheet | TM17NE |
Civil Parish | HOXNE, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
A dense scatter covering 8m x 12m, of building materials (mortared flint, floor & roof tile) on a scarp on a N facing slope (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s).
Documentary work (S1) suggests the area as a likely site of a chapel dedicated to St Edmund. Finds of building material suggest an isolated domestic structure of high quality (glazed tiles), only four Med pottery sherds and one PMed suggest not a normal occupation site. One fragment Purbeck marble also abnormal. Bronze bearing cup (`brass') for a bell, metal detected from the site at the time of my visit (S2). Finds assemblage makes identification of this site as the documentary chapel inevitable.
In 1294 chapel of Ringshall (RGL 002) granted to cell of St Edmund. Connected to Hoxne Priory (HXN 004)(S3).
1991 & 1992 (& 1993?): excavation by the SIA Field Group summarised in (S4) - details to follow.
Sources/Archives (5)
- <S1> SSF3135 (No record type): Carey-Evans M, Hoxne & the cult of St Edmund, PSIA, 36, 1987, (3), 182- 195.
- <M1> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: (S1),(S2), letter.
- <S2> SSF19080 (No record type): SAU, Carr R D, field report, June 1989.
- <S3> SSF50048 Bibliographic reference: Victoria County History of Suffolk (Vol I 1911; Vol II 1907). VCH, Suffolk 2, 1907, 76-77.
- <S4> SSF50250 Article in serial: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History. PSIAH, 38 (1), 1993, 96.
Finds (4)
- FSF13994: BELL (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
- FSF13995: (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
- FSF13996: POTTERY (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
- FSF13997: TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
Record last edited
Nov 14 2012 3:45PM