The Archaeology of Medieval EnglandBritish Museum Publications, 1984 - 224 pages |
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... probably the debris from smithing rather than smelting , although there is a possibility that iron ore was being smelted at Wharram Percy during the thirteenth century . The smithy found at Goltho is more likely to be typical of an ...
... probably the debris from smithing rather than smelting , although there is a possibility that iron ore was being smelted at Wharram Percy during the thirteenth century . The smithy found at Goltho is more likely to be typical of an ...
Page 150
... probably the most flourishing of all in the pre - Conquest period and where pottery continued to be made in an urban context until the end of the thirteenth century . Reasons for the decline of the industry in Stamford have been ...
... probably the most flourishing of all in the pre - Conquest period and where pottery continued to be made in an urban context until the end of the thirteenth century . Reasons for the decline of the industry in Stamford have been ...
Page 162
... probably intended to supply immediate domestic needs . Both the village smelting site of Lyveden , and the urban one of Stamford could have been manufacturing raw iron for a commercial market ; at Alsted , however , the smelting ...
... probably intended to supply immediate domestic needs . Both the village smelting site of Lyveden , and the urban one of Stamford could have been manufacturing raw iron for a commercial market ; at Alsted , however , the smelting ...
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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