Oxborough No. 1 / Oxburgh / Oxenburh

INFORMATION

FontID: 07646OXB
Church/Chapel: [not in a church]
Country Name: England
Location: Norfolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located 12-13 km SW of Swaffham
Historical Region: Hundred of [South] Greenhoe [in Domesday]
Century and Period: 4th - 5th century, Early Christian
Workshop/Group/Artisan: lead tank
There are two entries for Oxborough in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TF7300/oxborough/] [accessed 6 September 2015], neither of which mention cleric or church in it. Petts (2003: 111) reports a baptismal lead tank found by the River Wissey.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 335416 5828478

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal, lead
Font Shape: round?
Basin Interior Shape: round?
Basin Exterior Shape: round?

REFERENCES

Petts, David, "Votive Deposits and Christian Practice in Late Roman Britain", The Cross Goes North: Processes of Conversion in Northern Europe, AD 300-1300, York: York Medieval Press, 2003