Find Spot record MCC8604 - Shippey's, Head Street

Summary

Sometime before 1961, fragments of two annular loom weights were found.

Location

Grid reference TL 9935 2501 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Sometime before 1961, fragments of two annular loom weights were found behind Shippey's in Head Street; the circumstances of the discovery are not known. Annular loom weights are associated with the Early Anglo-Saxon period. <1>

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  • <1> DESC TEXT: Crummy, P. 1981. Aspects of Anglo-Saxon and Norman Colchester. Colch Arch Rep 1, CBA Res Rep 39 p9.

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Nov 3 2015 11:41AM

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