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Escengum
Hob Uid: 250729
Location : Surrey Guildford Shackleford
Grid Ref : SU9482043750
Summary : Probable site of the Anglo-Saxon burh at Eashing, which may only have been an emergency burh fortified for the first three decades of the 10th century. The situation is on a wooded bluff and meadow above the River Wey.
More information : SU 948437 Site of Saxon church at Eashing. (1) Probable site of the Saxon burh of Escingum mentioned in the Burghal Hidage c.920. The site, centred at SU 948437, is situated on a promontory between two small valleys. (see plan (3)) There is a low but definite bank on the east, west and south sides. Parts of this bank are tree-covered and much spread. With its relatively undeveloped interior and its short term of occupation, perhaps only from 880 to 930AD the site might reveal a great deal of information about the nature of the late Anglo-Saxon town. (2, 3 & 4) (SU 948437) Noted in list of possible Burghal Hideage Forts. (5) (SU 948437) Additional reference. (6) SU944436 (sic). The estate at Eashing was bequeathed by Alfred to his nephew Ethelhelm. It is suggested that the Burghal Hidage assessment of 600 hides, supplying a length of wall of 2475 feet for the burh, excludes defences along the River Wey. The site is one of the few defendable sites in the area. (7)

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Source details : DOE(IAM) AMs Eng 2 1978 126
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Source details : DOE(IAM) Record Form & plan 17 4 74
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Source details : Surrey Arch Coll 68 1971 198-201 plan (F Aldsworth & D Hill)
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Source details : Surrey Arch Coll 74 1983 225-6 (M Gower)
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Source Number : 4a
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Source details : Arch of Anglo-Saxon Eng 1976 125, 127 (D M Wilson)
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Source Number : 4b
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Source details : A S Towns in S Eng 1984 42-3 (M O'Connell & R Poulton)
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : Medieval Archaeology, 8, 1964, 74-90, (N Brooks)
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : Medieval Archaeology, 13, 1969, 87, (D Hill)
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Source Number : 7
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Source details : Hill D and Rumbold A 1997 The Defence of Wessex 200-1
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Early Medieval
Display Date : Extant ca 920
Monument End Date : 920
Monument Start Date : 920
Monument Type : Burh
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : SU 163
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 94 SW 29
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