Monument record MCC8768 - Mersea Island

Summary

The Danes made a temporary camp on the island in AD 894.

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Grid reference TM 01 14 (point)
Map sheet TM01SW
Civil Parish WEST MERSEA, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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The Danes made a temporary camp on the island in AD 894. <1>-<4>

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  • <1> DESC TEXT: unknown. 1960 0nwards. SMR form unknown.
  • <2> RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. unknown. OS cards. TM01SW39, 1976.
  • <3> MENTION: Stenton, F. 1971. Anglo-Saxon England. p268.
  • <4> MENTION: unknown. 1961. Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. p56.

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Record last edited

Nov 3 2015 11:41AM

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