Ram raid at Co op store in Dedham | Suffolk Now
Posted on 11/04/2018 12:00:29 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Ram-raiders who left a store empty-handed have inadvertently helped unearth archaeological discoveries dating from medieval and Tudor times.
The East of England Co-op in Dedham, Essex, was targeted in an early morning raid on 10 December which caused major structural damage to the building.
Archaeologists were then commissioned and a pot, which may have been used to stop "evil influences", was dug up.
A timber-framed structure, built during Henry VIII's reign, was also unearthed.
The precise nature of the structure has not been confirmed yet, but they have dated it to 1520.
Following the ram-raid, villagers pulled together to find the store a new home in time for Christmas - moving its contents to a barn in the village.
Among the finds was a medieval hearth, which researchers said pre-dated the surviving buildings, and remnants of an internal porch.
Buried close to one of the original entrances was a type of pot known as a two-handled tripod cauldron dating from the late 16th to early 18th Century which, according to Colchester Archaeological Trust, may be "an apotropaic deposit - one intended to prevent evil influences entering the house".
Nick Denny, joint chief executive for the East of England Co-op, said he was "delighted the findings have helped give a further insight into this historical and wonderful village"...
No-one has been charged in connection with the ram-raid and Essex Police are still appealing for information.
A Toyota Hilux was used to smash into the building and was left at the scene as the suspects drove off in another vehicle.
Whoops, airhead alert, forgot to fill in the link -- Dedham ram-raid uncovers 'evil influences pot'.
Never heard of a pot being used to ward off evil, but I have heard of shoes being hidden in hearths, and other spots in a house, and witch marks (scratchings) in buildings to ward off evil spirits.
I had never heard of a “ram raid”.
Me either, but that's the Brits for you. They seem to have strange names for things. An acquaintance from Liverpool once told me they'd gotten a very nice hamper for Christmas from their daughter's fiancé. Of course I thought it was a dirty clothes hamper, and couldn't understand why they'd be so pleased. Then I found out that a hamper in Britain was a gift box of food items.
1500 was about the time people started burying St. Joseph medals in their foundation. I wonder if they’ll find one? or maybe even a St. Benedict medal? Could that have been what was in the pot?
At first, I thought they were talking of a "no knock" raid by police.
Then I figured out they were talking about what we call a "smash and grab", where a vehicle was used to smash into a structure.
We have had more of them as well.
The criminals steal a vehicle, use it to smash open a building, then grab as much valuta as they can quickly, and are gone before the police arrive.
Probably Swedish boy scouts again.
Until this article, I'd never heard of ram raid either, but apparently it's been catching on in the UK, lots of vids about it on YT. It's part of the general lawlessness that arises from allowing a society to be flooded with illegals, and normalizing the practice which is itself a form of lawlessness.
Kind of like a flash mob of thugs invading a store to help themselves, but doing it with a vehicle. Coming soon to the U.S. no doubt.
Just pray that Trump picks up seats in Congress. Then he will be freer to act and keep replacing idiots on the Federal Bench
Apparently they're often after the portable cash machine, for the cash that's inside. A couple of vids I saw (didn't view them) show internal surveillance cam vid of breakins to steal tools, probably to equip chop shops? The temptation would be to have an automated wakeup and live feed, so the proprietor would be able to take a look, then make the decision to unleash some kind of gas to knock out the perps. But that's probably illegal in the EU version of the UK. When I was a kid, there was a bulge of squatter takeovers of country houses. People who lived and worked in (for example) London during the week would return to their family home in the country and find it occupied by squatters, and the police said they could do nothing.
re: three hares - now that was a cool rabbit hole to go down, thanks!
Rabbits evolved in Asia from rodents. Phoenicians discovering Iberian Spain called it the land of rabbits. So there’s rabbits all over Asia to the tip of Spain.
Iberian peninsula:
1. known for where early Christians fled 1AD (Synod of Elvira/Edict of Milan). Iberia under Rome, Visigoths, Muslims in turn, all persecuting Christians.
2. known for Phoenician bronze and copper trade; copper and tin are needed for bronze.
Copper miners; tin miners. Tin surface mines in Devon, Wales, also placer mines Yellow River, China.
The Fish symbol was used in 01AD as a secret sign to mark meeting places and tombs. Other secret signs were anchors, ships, doves and harps. Trinity of Hares is used to mark meeting places (churches and homes). But it incorporates a geographic location or occupational clue by using hares. Which neither the Romans, the Visigoths, the muslims or Chinese dynasties would understand. But that would be recognized and preserved by possible descendants of imported/locally sourced slaves/tradesmen working in mining, transport or smelting of ore. The sign of connections to the pre-Spanish or pre-Roman Catholic Church of Iberia if you will? The Trinity of Hares hides in plain sight as a pagan symbol but it is, like the Fish, more likely a secret early Christian symbol among other symbols, before the Cross was adopted as ‘the’ public symbol.
land of rabbits reference:
http://www.bunnyhugga.com/a-to-z/general/history-rabbits.html
I guess the pot didn’t work.
Shiver me half-timbers!
:^) Glad you liked it!
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