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Name:Shrunken Medieval Settlement at Old Erringham
HER Ref:MWS5302
Type of record:Monument

Designations

  • Scheduled Monument 29233: SHRUNKEN MEDIEVAL SETTLEMENT AT OLD ERRINGHAM

Summary

The monument includes a shrunken medieval settlement, incorporsting a ringwork, manorial settlement , chaple-of-ease and earthworks representing the tofts and crofts of homesteads. It is situated on the western slope of a chalk spur which forms part of the Sussex Downs, c.3km north of the Channel coast at Shoreham.


Grid Reference:TQ 2058 0769
Parish:Shoreham-By-Sea and Southwick, Adur, West Sussex
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Monument Types

  • BUILDING (Building-unclassified, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • DESERTED SETTLEMENT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1199 AD)

Sources

<1>Bibliographic reference: 1960. DMV Research Group. 8: Appendix A.
<2>Bibliographic reference: 1958. Med Archaeol. 2:194.
<3>Bibliographic reference: 1964. -Med Archaeol. 8:273.
<4>Unpublished document: Holden EW. 1965.
<5>Index: Ordnance Survey. 1965 - 1972. Ordnance Survey Record Card - TQ20NW37.
<6>Bibliographic reference: Newton I. 1997. Shrunken medieval settlement at Old Erringham. EH.
<7>Scheduling record: Secretary of State. 1996. Schedule of Monuments.
<8>Bibliographic reference: E.W.Holden. 1962. Deserted Medieval Villages - Sussex Notes and Queries p. 314 & 315. Copy in WSCC Source Material.
<9>Unpublished document: Historic England. 2017. Shrunken Medieval Settlement at Old Erringham, Shoreham-by-Sea - Scheduled Monument Consent.

Associated Events

  • Part excav, Holden EW, 1957

Associated Monuments

  • MWS8506 - Related to: Anglo-Saxon Weaving Hut, Old Erringham (Monument)
  • MWS5305 - Related to: Medieval Ringwork at Old Erringham (Monument)
  • MWS5303 - Related to: Saxon pennies - Old Erringham (Find Spot)

Associated Finds

  • LINEN SMOOTHER (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1539 AD)

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