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Name:Site of the Saxon burh, Shaftesbury
Type of Record:Monument
HER Number:MDO4625
Last edited:Oct 2 2013 4:35PM

Location:Shaftesbury, North Dorset
Grid Reference:ST 859 228
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Monument Type(s):

  • BURH (Saxon - 878 AD to 1065 AD)

Summary

King Alfred founded a burh on the limestone spur at Shaftesbury, probably in the late 870s.

Protected Status

  • Conservation Area
  • Scheduled Monument 838
  • Scheduled Monument 1002376: Late Saxon urban area E of Castle Hill

Sources and Further Reading

<1>SDO99 - Bibliographic reference: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1972. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset. Volume Four (North). 57.
<2>SDO99 - Bibliographic reference: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1972. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset. Volume Four (North). 75.

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