MCC1316 - Anglo-Saxon loom-weight, 47 Head Street, Colchester

Find Spot record MCC1316 - Anglo-Saxon loom-weight, 47 Head Street, Colchester

Summary

Early Anglo-Saxon annular loom-weight, Head Street, recorded in 1961.

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Grid reference	TL 99381 25018 (point)
Map sheet	TL92NE
Non Parish Area	COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (Early Medieval Colchester I. to Early Medieval Colchester II. - 410 AD? to 917 AD?)

Full Description

Early Anglo-Saxon annular loom-weight, one complete and three fragments of others, being rings of clay, found behind Shippey's.<1> This may refer to A.T. Shippey's at 47 Head Street; there is also a hair and scalp clinic by the name of Shippey at 53 Head Street. Sometime before 1961, fragments of two annular loom-weights were found behind Shippey's.<2>

Sources/Archives (2)

<1> SCC24 LIST: Colchester Museums. 1941-1961. Colchester Museum Accession Register 1941-1961. COLEM1961.223.
<2> SCC45 Monograph: Crummy, Philip. 1981. CAR 1: Aspects of Anglo-Saxon and Norman Colchester. 1. p.9.

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LOOMWEIGHT (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD? to 1065 AD?)

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None recorded

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Event - Intervention: Anglo-Saxon loom-weight, 47 Head Street, Colchester (Ref: ECC1180) (ECC1180)

Record last edited

Oct 13 2016 11:38AM