The Archaeology of Medieval EnglandBritish Museum Publications, 1984 - 224 pages |
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Page 55
... needed if the presently accepted hypothesis concerning the date of construction is to be tested . The question of the date of origin of moated sites is inextricably bound up with the next problem of why and for whom they were ...
... needed if the presently accepted hypothesis concerning the date of construction is to be tested . The question of the date of origin of moated sites is inextricably bound up with the next problem of why and for whom they were ...
Page 56
... needed as fire - breaks in the wooded countryside in which many of them lay ; they may have acted as cisterns for water storage ; been used as fish - ponds ; or been used to drain the islands which they enclose . The last possibility is ...
... needed as fire - breaks in the wooded countryside in which many of them lay ; they may have acted as cisterns for water storage ; been used as fish - ponds ; or been used to drain the islands which they enclose . The last possibility is ...
Page 157
... needed for fuel amounted to about 600kg for a complete firing of twelve hours ' duration . A less well - preserved kiln for firing mosaic tiles is known from North Grange near Beverley , Yorkshire . Although lying about 1km from the ...
... needed for fuel amounted to about 600kg for a complete firing of twelve hours ' duration . A less well - preserved kiln for firing mosaic tiles is known from North Grange near Beverley , Yorkshire . Although lying about 1km from 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