Site Event/Activity record ECC1167 - Scandinavian style mount, Castle Bailey, Colchester, 1936

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Location Castle Park, Colchester
Grid reference TL 99854 25285 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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1936

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Description

A bronze mount was found in 1936-7 by workmen who were digging in the castle bailey near the southern entrance to the keep. It is of a Scandinavian style which is normally dated to between 1060 and 1130.<1> For full report see <2>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> LIST: Colchester Museums. Colchester Museum Accession Register 1930-1940. COLEM 1936.852.
  • <2> Monograph: Crummy, Philip. 1981. CAR 1: Aspects of Anglo-Saxon and Norman Colchester. 1. page 78.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Scandinavian Mount (fitting), Castle Park, Colchester (Find Spot)

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Feb 11 2016 7:40PM

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