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St Peters Church
Hob Uid: 871842
Location : Suffolk East Suffolk North Cove
Grid Ref : TM4598089310
Summary : Site of church and cemetery. Excavations at the site in 1980 located the church, but it had been robbed to the foundations and no architectural fragments were found. The plan is of a round tower built in one with the nave. Unstratified pottery included Thetford Ware through to the 15th century. Twenty burials were also excavated. Goode dates the construction of the nave to the period 950-1000. The church had an apsidal end.
More information : (TM45988931 sited from RCHME Excavation Index 1993) (1) St Peter's Church and associated cemetery were revealed during the construction of the Beccles By-pass. Only the foundations survived to reveal a single cell structure with a round tower. Twenty burials were recovered (2-3)

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Source details : RCHME 1993 Excavation Index, Suffolk, 214
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Source details : RD Carr
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Monument Period Name : Early Medieval
Display Date : Early Medieval
Monument End Date : 1066
Monument Start Date : 410
Monument Type : Cemetery, Round Towered Church
Evidence : Sub Surface Deposit

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TM 48 NE 23
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Relationship type : General association

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Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1980-01-01
End Date : 1980-12-31

Historic England Research Records

St Peters Church