The Anglian monastery and medieval priory of Coldingham: Urbs Coludi revisited
| Autor: | J Carrott, P Wagner, David Henderson, Mhairi Hastie, Julie Franklin, Simon Stronach |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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| Zdroj: | Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 135:395-422 |
| ISSN: | 2056-743X 0081-1564 |
| DOI: | 10.9750/psas.135.395.422 |
| Popis: | An excavation was undertaken in the north of Abbey Yards Field, adjacent to Coldingham Priory,the Scottish Borders. Three ditches crossed the area on the same alignment and one was wood-lined.Radiocarbon dating indicated that this boundary had been created in the 7th or early 8th century AD.Several patches of midden were preserved within adjacent hollows in the subsoil. Finds were scarcebut a similarly dated fragment of antler comb and an assemblage of pre-medieval animal bone were recovered from the fills and midden. Bede referred to an Urbs Coludi as the location of a monasteryand nunnery presided over by St Æbbe in the mid-7th century. The location of this foundation hasbeen identified as Kirk Hill, situated on the coast to the north of Coldingham. The evidence is reviewedand it is concluded that Coldingham is as likely a location for the ecclesiastical site, with Kirk Hilla contemporary secular fort. There may have been some form of continuing settlement at the site, assuggested by later medieval historians, before the founding of a new church by Edgar King of Scotsat the very end of the 11th century. By the middle of the 12th century this had developed into a priory dependent on Durham. The edge of the church graveyard was identified, with several industrialfeatures immediately outside. A second late medieval phase of cemetery was also excavated. It issuggested that the edge of the graveyard was an area used to bury marginalized members of society,with ill health and disability commonly evident among the skeletons. Animal bone associated withthe industrial features indicated that activities such as production of glue or tallow and tanning wereundertaken in the vicinity. |
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