St Edmund's Monument

About

St Edmund's Memorial, Hoxne is a memorial which claims to mark the spot where St Edmund was killed by the Vikings in the Suffolk village of Hoxne. The monument is a Grade II listed building located in a field 95m east of Abbey Hill. The monument refers to an oak tree which fell under its own weight in the mid nineteenth century. Hoxne has traditionally been seen as the site of Haegelisdun where Edmund was recorded to have died and buried before he was translated to Beodricesworth monastery in modern day Bury St Edmunds, although this view is now disputed.