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Andy B
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|  Posted 09-01-2012 at 20:35
mozgren writes:
During a canoe trip to Nottingham last summer we passed an island in the river Trent.
This is about half a mile downstream of Anchor Church ( http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=30183 ). I returned overland a few months later. The field on the right bank adjacent to the island appears to have been terraced - possibly an earlier riverbank but unlike any other as viewed from the river. The village here is called Ingleby (Viking 'place of the Angles'?). I understand Ingleby has several mentions in Domesday.
No megaliths sad to say but a lot of reused, quite finely worked, stone in the very small village.
Location: 1°29'11.68"W 52°50'28.85"N
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Andy B
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| Posted 09-01-2012 at 20:40
Very interesting, thanks. Also interesting to see your photos of Anchor Church
http://picasaweb.google.com/100433640439864217116/16thOctober2011#5664169335598602306
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| Posted 10-01-2012 at 17:04
As I am also on Picasa I've put a couple of comments on Anchor Church pics. Interesting photo showing the little island on the Trent. Is it the one connected with St Modwenna near Burton on Trent, or is that further south ?
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| Posted 12-01-2012 at 18:56
I think the island connected with St Modwen is Andressy (St Andrew's Island) by the Trent in the middle of Burton. In spite of the believed history I am not aware of any formal archaelogical examination, or even geophysical survey, of the site which is thought to have been destroyed by Vikings.
I believe an anchorite (hermit), after whom Anchor Church is named, is supposed to have been visited by Modwenna who could have got there easily by boat. However St Hardulph, also known as King Eardwulf of Northumbria, is thought to have 'withdrawn' to Anchor Church early in the 9th century (at least two centuries after Modwenna). 'Anchorite' is derived from a Greek word meaning 'to withdraw.'
Precious little scientific research has been done -although Time Team looked into the layout of Burton Abbey over 20 years ago.
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On 2012-01-10 17:04, Sunny100 wrote:
As I am also on Picasa I've put a couple of comments on Anchor Church pics. Interesting photo showing the little island on the Trent. Is it the one connected with St Modwenna near Burton on Trent, or is that further south ?
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| Posted 12-01-2012 at 19:52
Yes, you are correct mozgren it is Andressy where St Modwenna lived. As to St Hardulph of Breedon, you could be correct but needs checking with my books re King Erdwulf of Northumbria.
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