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| HER Number: | MDV3179 |
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| Name: | Saxon Mint at Lydford |
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Summary
Site of a Saxon royal mint at Lydford in operation from 10th - 13th century
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 510 848 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX58SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Lydford |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | UNKNOWN |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX58SW66
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1081170
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SW/2
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- MINT (IX to XII - 900 AD to 1200 AD)
Full description
Gill, H. S., 1878, On silver regal money coined in Devonshire mints, 590 (Article in Serial). SDV336871.
A list of extant coins minted there provided in Gill.
Worth, R. N., 1879, Lydford and its Castle, 296 (Article in Serial). SDV336870.
Coins are known to have been minted here from the reign of Ethelred 2nd (979-1016) to Edward the Confessor.
Radford, G. H., 1905, Lydford Town, 177-8 (Article in Serial). SDV336874.
Alexander, J. J., 1926, The Early Boroughs of Devon, 277 (Article in Serial). SDV336875.
Hoskins, W. G., 1954, A New Survey of England: Devon, 427-9 (Monograph). SDV17562.
Royal Mint, Lydford. One of 4 Anglo Saxon mints in Devon.
Griffith, F., 1988, Devon's Past. An Aerial View, 277 (Monograph). SDV64198.
Newman, P., 2000, The Town and Castle Earthworks at Lydford, 2 (Report - Survey). SDV351534.
Lydford was the site of a mint in the pre-conquest period and coins dating from the reign of King Ethelred II (AD976-1016) are known to have been minted here.
Manning, P., 2008, Archaeological Assessment of Proposed Sewage Treatment Works at Lydford, 9 (Report - Assessment). SDV351460.
Lydford was the site of a royal mint operating from the 10th-13th century. Anglo coins struck at the mint have been found in the area.
Historic England, 2021-2022, NRHE to HER website, Accessed 19/11/2021 (Website). SDV364039.
SX510848. Saxon mint at Lydford sited generally to Lydford.
The mint struck coinsalmost continuously from 975-1049 except for the first issue of Ethelred and the `trefoil quadrilateral' issue of 1046-7 (citing Hill, D., 1981, An Atlas of Anglo-Saxon England, pg 131).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV17562 | Monograph: Hoskins, W. G.. 1954. A New Survey of England: Devon. A New Survey of England: Devon. A5 Hardback. 427-9. |
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| SDV336870 | Article in Serial: Worth, R. N.. 1879. Lydford and its Castle. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 11. A5 Paperback. 296. |
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| SDV336871 | Article in Serial: Gill, H. S.. 1878. On silver regal money coined in Devonshire mints. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 10. A5 Paperback. 590. |
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| SDV336874 | Article in Serial: Radford, G. H.. 1905. Lydford Town. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 37. A5 Paperback. 177-8. |
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| SDV336875 | Article in Serial: Alexander, J. J.. 1926. The Early Boroughs of Devon. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 58. A5 Paperback. 277. |
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| SDV351460 | Report - Assessment: Manning, P.. 2008. Archaeological Assessment of Proposed Sewage Treatment Works at Lydford. Exeter Archaeology. 08.31 (6475). A4 Grip Bound. 9. |
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| SDV351534 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2000. The Town and Castle Earthworks at Lydford. English Heritage. A4 Spiral Bound. 2. |
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| SDV364039 | Website: Historic England. 2021-2022. NRHE to HER website. https://nrhe-to-her.esdm.co.uk/NRHE. Website. Accessed 19/11/2021. |
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| SDV64198 | Monograph: Griffith, F.. 1988. Devon's Past. An Aerial View. Devon's Past. An Aerial View. Paperback Volume. 277. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV3192 | Parent of: Lydford Mint, Coin (Find Spot) |
| MDV58131 | Parent of: Lydford Mint, Coin (Find Spot) |
| MDV3191 | Parent of: Lydford Mint, Coins (Find Spot) |
| MDV14318 | Related to: Saxon Defences west of Lydford (Monument) |
| MDV3242 | Related to: Town Defences to north and east of Lydford (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6171 - Archaeological Assessment of Proposed Sewage Treatment Works at Lydford (Ref: 08.31)
- EDV6180 - Survey of the Town and Castle Earthworks at Lydford
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 19 2021 2:40PM |
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