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Monument Number 226710
Hob Uid: 226710
Location : Hampshire Test Valley Nursling and Rownhams
Grid Ref : SU3600016000
Summary : Celtic monastery at Nursling where St Boniface studied. The site is not known for certain, but three alternatives have been suggested for its location.
More information : It was from a Monastery at Nursling that St Boniface set out in AD 718 to convert the Germans. This monastery was destroyed by the Danes in 878. Various sites have been suggested for it - 'The Walls' (SU 31 NE 16) (1) Gravel pits where AS remains have been found (SU 31 NE 12) (2), Nursling Church (SU 35941647) (3) - but these are only conjecture. (1-3)

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Source details : A Short History of Nursling p 13 (O G S Crawford)
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Source details : A Short History of Nursling p 12
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Monument Period Name : Early Medieval
Display Date : Documented
Monument End Date : 878
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Monument Type : Monastery
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Number : SU 31 NE 22
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