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Monument Number 618707
Hob Uid: 618707
Location : Somerset Mendip Glastonbury
Grid Ref : ST5000038850
Summary : Site of the probable 5th/6th century monastery at Glastonbury Abbey. Excavations have located traces of buildings including minor chapels surrounded by an inhumation cemetery. The complex is bounded by a bank and ditch.
More information : (ST 50003885 - area centred). Area of the probable Celtic monastery, with the Vetusta Ecclesia surrounded by a cemetery, in which there were minor chapels and bounded by a strong bank and ditch, remains of which have been found in the east side. (1-3)

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Source details : Somerset and Dorset Notes and Queries
Page(s) : 68-73, 165-9
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Vol(s) : 27, 1961

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Source details : Ashe G. 1969. Quest for Arthur's Britain, 119-38
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Source details : Ralegh Radford C. 1973. Glastonbury Abbey.
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Monument Period Name : Early Medieval
Display Date : C5/C6
Monument End Date : 599
Monument Start Date : 410
Monument Type : Monastery, Chapel, Cemetery, Precinct, Boundary Bank, Boundary Ditch
Evidence : Sub Surface Deposit, Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Number : ST 53 NW 29
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Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1951-01-01
End Date : 1964-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 618707