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Object type: Two coffins
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Corpus volume reference: Vol 10 p. 271-2
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Appendix B item (stones wrongly associated with pre-Conquest period)
Two coffins, carved from oolitic limestone, one at the west end of the south aisle and one at the west end of the north aisle. The first has a 'head rest' carved into the wide end. The two coffins were excavated on the site of Winchcombe Abbey in 1815; it is reported that they were found at the east end of the interior of the abbey church. These coffins have, inevitably, been claimed as the coffins of Kenulph (i.e. King Coenwulf of Mercia) and his son Kenelm (Cynehelm), the patron saint of the late Saxon abbey. However, they are, in fact, perfectly ordinary medieval coffins, possibly thirteenth century, with no special distinguishing characteristics.
