The Archaeology of Medieval EnglandBritish Museum Publications, 1984 - 224 pages |
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... moated sites ; they typify certain aspects of medieval society , ranging from royal or aristocratic rural retreats ( King John's Hunting Lodge , Writtle , Essex , fig.19 ) , “ through monastic granges and manor houses to the simple ...
... moated sites ; they typify certain aspects of medieval society , ranging from royal or aristocratic rural retreats ( King John's Hunting Lodge , Writtle , Essex , fig.19 ) , “ through monastic granges and manor houses to the simple ...
Page 53
... moated sites , in shape , size and the buildings they contain , has led to attempts at classification , using either shape and size " or topographical situation " as criteria . The former is the most widely used , although it is ...
... moated sites , in shape , size and the buildings they contain , has led to attempts at classification , using either shape and size " or topographical situation " as criteria . The former is the most widely used , although it is ...
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... moated sites on the Continent has helped to elucidate certain aspects of English moats , particularly questions of why the moats were con- structed , when and for whom . In Denmark most moated sites are thought to have been built by the ...
... moated sites on the Continent has helped to elucidate certain aspects of English moats , particularly questions of why the moats were con- structed , when and for whom . In Denmark most moated sites are thought to have been built by the ...
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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