Monument record MLI22288 - ROMAN COINS FOUND, GEDNEY/SUTTON ST EDMUND

Summary

ROMAN COINS FOUND, GEDNEY/SUTTON ST EDMUND

Type and Period (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

Ancient foundations within a double moated rectangular enclosure seen in a field called High Doles, in Gedney Hill, about two miles north of South Eau Bank, name TF3309. Some Roman coins found.{1}{2} 'At Gedney Hill, a chapelry in Gedney parish, several coins of Antoninus have been found. In the same hamlet, about two miles north of southern bank, is a pasture called High Doles, a square, double moated where ancient foundations have been dug up and some Roman coins.'{3}{4}{5} A double rectangular moat at Sutton St Edmund about two miles north of the South Eau Bank. Ancient foundations have been dug up within the enclosure and some Roman coins found. 'One Mr Houghton of St Edmunds shewed me a Paduan in great brass pretended to be found in an old ruinous grange called Monksdoles amongst some large squared stones'.{6}{7}{8}{9}{10}

Sources/Archives (10)

  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. GEDNEY. TF 31 SW:24,1965, D.A..
  •  Bibliographic Reference: STUKELEY, W.. 1724. ITINERARIUM CURIOSUM. VOL 1 P 11.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Camden, W.. 1806. Britannia (Gough's 2nd Edition). p.342.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Allen, Thomas. 1834. The history of the county of Lincoln, from the earliest period to the present time. P 340.
  •  Article in Monograph: HALLAM, S.J.. 1970. ‘Settlement around the Wash’ in The Fenland in Roman Times. P 303.
  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. GEDNEY. TF 31 SE:7,1965, D.A..
  •  Bibliographic Reference: 1790. BIBLIOGRAPHIA TOPOGRAPHICA BRITTANNICA. VOL II P 3.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: 1782. RELIQUIAE GALEANAE. VOL III P 345.
  •  Index: SMR FILE. GEDNEY HILL. TF 31 SW:G -.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Eleanor Scott. 1993. A Gazetteer of Roman Villas in Britain. p.120.

Map

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Location

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Civil Parish GEDNEY HILL, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE
Civil Parish SUTTON ST EDMUND, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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