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# The Saxon Script at St. Mary's Breamore
- URL: https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/the-saxon-script-at-st-marys-breamore/
- Published: 2026-08-30T15:08:27.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-30T20:24:42.000Z
- Description: A remarkable survival - Anglo-Saxon door and inscription
- Author: Andy  Marshall
- Tags: anglo saxon, breamore, st. mary breamore, saxon script at St. Mary's Breamore, Treasure, #treasure-07

A remarkable survival - late tenth century Anglo-Saxon door and inscription: “HER SWUTELATH SEO GECWYDRAEDNES THE” - “Here the covenant \[the word\] is manifested to thee”

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Looking up to the Anglo-Saxon door arch.

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### St. Mary's Breamore

Perhaps one of the most significant churches of Saxon origin in the country. A remarkable survival of the late C10th and early C11th. It's a must see and not far from Salisbury and Long Crichel.

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