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| Name: | Saxon burh (Sceaftesbyrig), Shaftesbury |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| HER Number: | MDO4625 |
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| Last edited: | Oct 4 2024 3:12PM |
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Monument Type(s):
- BURH (Saxon - 878 AD to 1065 AD)
- TOWN (Saxon - 878 AD to 1065 AD)
Summary
Saxon burh of Shaftsbury, possibly founded during or shortly before the reign of King Alfred. Asser writing circa 890 refers to the nunnery (or Abbey) next to the burh by its east gate, possibly indicating that the burh was established between the foundation of the nunnery circa 871 to 877 and when Asser was writing after 890.
Protected Status
- Conservation Area
- Scheduled Monument 1002376: Late Saxon urban area E of Castle Hill
- Scheduled Monument 1002376: Late Saxon urban area E of Castle Hill
Sources and Further Reading
| <1> | SDO99 - Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1972. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North). 56, 75. |
| <1.1> | SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. De Rebus gestis Regis Alfredi 98 2. |
| <1.2> | SWX4024 - Serial: Society for Medieval Archaeology. 1969. Medieval Archaeology: journal of the Society for Medieval Archaeology 13. Vol 13. 84-92. |
| <1.3> | SWX2984 - Monograph: Taylor, C C. 1970. Dorset (1970). 188. |
| <2> | SDO17347 - Index: Department of the Environment. DOE (IAM) Ancient Monuments Record Form. 17.5.77. |
| <3> | SWX1202 - Monograph: Penn, K J. 1980. Historic Towns in Dorset. 84, 89. |
| <4> | SDO89 - Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1990. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1989. 111. 125-7. |
| <5> | SWX1416 - Monograph: Hill, D, and Rumbole, A. 1996. The Defence of Wessex: the Burghal Hidage and Anglo-Saxon fortifications. 216-7. |
| <6> | SDO14739 - Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 206558. |
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