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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 76 NW 166 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Documentary evidence for Viking Camp, Rochester |
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Summary
Documentary evidence for Viking camp at Rochester. No trace remains of the camp and its location is unknown. This point is merely marking its presence in Rochester.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 74 68 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ76NW |
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| Parish: | ROCHESTER & CHATHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- MILITARY CAMP (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
Full description
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TQ 74 68 (LO). The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for AD 885/886 states: 'In this year the aforesaid army divided in two, one part going east, the other part to Rochester, where they beseiged the city and made other fortifications round themselves. And nevertheless the English defended the city until King Alfred came up with his army. Then the enemy went to their ships and abandoned their fortification'.
There is no trace of the Viking camp mentioned in the account. (1-3)
<1> Struth, P MAR-94 RCHME Field Investigation (OS Card Reference). SKE49693.
<2> edited by Dorothy Whitelock, 1979, English historical documents: 1, c 500-1042, 1979, Page Nos. 197 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6380.
<3> RCHME: Anglo Saxon Monasteries in Kent, Essex and Greater London (Collection). SKE6500.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Struth, P MAR-94 RCHME Field Investigation. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: edited by Dorothy Whitelock. 1979. English historical documents: 1, c 500-1042. 1979, Page Nos. 197. |
| <3> | Collection: RCHME: Anglo Saxon Monasteries in Kent, Essex and Greater London. |
