Biddle, M., Lambrick, G. T. and Myres, N. N L. (1968). The early history of Abingdon and its abbey. Medieval Archaeology 12. Vol 12, pp. 26-69. https://doi.org/10.5284/1071485. Cite this via datacite
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The early history of Abingdon and its abbey | |||||||||||||||||||
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Medieval Archaeology 12 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Medieval Archaeology | |||||||||||||||||||
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Enough documentary and archaeological evidence has been assembled since Stenton wrote in 1913 for a reassessment of the foundation traditions of the Abbey to be made. There is an extensive Roman settlement of several centuries' duration, and the nearby Saxon cemetery contains, besides early metalwork and preponderant cremations, several early pots. This Saxon community was probably established within a generation of the breakdown of Roman rule, and the tradition of its name, Seuekesham, cannot be rejected. Documents cover the Abbey's development from foundation to dissolution, treating the first Saxon monastery (c 675), Ethelwold's church, the late Saxon monastery, and Norman and later buildings. Recension of miscellaneous records of the 1922 excavations permits the drawing of a tentative plan, perhaps the first recorded in Britain from a heavily robbed site. The Abbey area, still largely undamaged, deserves full examination at high priority to obtain plans of a complete 7th century Saxon monastery, a large, well-preserved Saxon church, 10th century and later buildings in addition to the Roman remains. | |||||||||||||||||||
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05 Dec 2008 |