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Site of Saxon town including site of St John's churchyard on playing fields

England
List entry 1003936
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003936
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
8.31 hectares
Grid reference
TL 86399 82828
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The Site of Saxon town including site of St John's churchyard on playing fields is a designated ancient monument in Suffolk, England, comprising archaeological remains of early medieval settlement and ecclesiastical activity. The site preserves evidence of Saxon occupation and settlement patterns, with St John's churchyard representing an important focal point of religious and community life during the Anglo-Saxon period. The monument lies beneath playing fields, where archaeological deposits and buried structural remains survive as testament to the settlement's former extent and significance. The designation reflects the site's value as a record of early medieval urban or proto-urban development in East Anglia.

Site of Saxon town including site of St John's churchyard on playing fields is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003936. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Site of Saxon town including site of St John's churchyard on playing fields?

The Site of Saxon town including site of St John's churchyard on playing fields is a designated ancient monument in Suffolk, England, comprising archaeological remains of early medieval settlement and ecclesiastical activity.

Who is responsible for protecting Site of Saxon town including site of St John's churchyard on playing fields?

Site of Saxon town including site of St John's churchyard on playing fields is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1003936.

What other scheduled monuments are near Site of Saxon town including site of St John's churchyard on playing fields?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Atomic bomb store on Thetford Heath (3.6 km), Bowl barrow 720m north east of East Farm (3.8 km), Bowl barrow in the garden of The Old Mill (3.8 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Atomic bomb store on Thetford Heath
3.6 km
Bowl barrow 720m north east of East Farm
3.8 km
Bowl barrow in the garden of The Old Mill
3.8 km
Rushford Bridge See also SUFFOLK 242
6.3 km
Bell barrow 420m north west of Park Farm
6.7 km
Bowl barrow known as John Mann's Clump
7 km
Two Pickett-Hamilton forts at Honington airfield, 750m and 1.25km south west of Broomhill Cottages
7.6 km
Ringwork in Burnthall Plantation
8.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Site of Saxon town including site of St John's churchyard on playing fields

Site of Saxon town including site of St John's churchyard on playing fields stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Site of Saxon town including site of St John's churchyard on playing fields

Grimes GravesArchaeological site · ~5.3 miles
Domesday entry for Thetford, Norfolk →
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