The Archaeology of Medieval EnglandBritish Museum Publications, 1984 - 224 pages |
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Page 37
... built mainly of timber , with no stone incorporated into its structure . Stout timber uprights were embedded in the subsoil ( in ' post - holes ' ) to support both walls and roof . Either the spaces between the posts were filled with ...
... built mainly of timber , with no stone incorporated into its structure . Stout timber uprights were embedded in the subsoil ( in ' post - holes ' ) to support both walls and roof . Either the spaces between the posts were filled with ...
Page 112
... built in the early years of Norman rule had earth and timber as their building materials and were of the motte - and - bailey type masonry was not commonly used until the middle of the twelfth century stone castles were put up in ...
... built in the early years of Norman rule had earth and timber as their building materials and were of the motte - and - bailey type masonry was not commonly used until the middle of the twelfth century stone castles were put up in ...
Page 124
... built , and that the top of the motte had been encircled by a wooden palisade and wall - walk , with a simple gateway and access from the base of the motte by some form of ladder . Although two phases of construction could be discerned ...
... built , and that the top of the motte had been encircled by a wooden palisade and wall - walk , with a simple gateway and access from the base of the motte by some form of ladder . Although two phases of construction could be discerned ...
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Abbey Anglo-Saxon appear Archaeol archaeological archaeological evidence areas aspects Benedictine Beresford Biddle buildings built carried castles centres changing church Cistercian clay cloth common concentrated construction continued crofts discovered distribution documentary documentation domestic early eleventh England English evidence example excavation farm fields firing floor foundations fourteenth Goltho ground historical houses illustrated important increased indicate individual industry instance interest iron kilns known land late later London materials Medieval Archaeology medieval towns medieval village mentioned methods Middle Ages moated sites monasteries monastic motte needed Norman occupied orders origins parish particularly past peasant period population possible pottery present preserved probably produced question reasons recent remains result seems seen settlement shown sources standing stone Street structures suggest Sulgrave surrounded thirteenth century throughout tiles timber tion tower towns trade twelfth urban usually walls Winchester