The Archaeology of Medieval EnglandBritish Museum Publications, 1984 - 224 pages |
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Page 59
... structures which had stood on the site previously have been preserved and we can see that the construc- tion of a moat and its associated buildings was often only the culmination of a long history of settlement on the same site . In ...
... structures which had stood on the site previously have been preserved and we can see that the construc- tion of a moat and its associated buildings was often only the culmination of a long history of settlement on the same site . In ...
Page 112
... structures surmounting and encircling motte - and - bailey castles were replaced by stone . The motte with its timber tower provided defence through height and a vantage point from which to dominate the surrounding countryside . Both ...
... structures surmounting and encircling motte - and - bailey castles were replaced by stone . The motte with its timber tower provided defence through height and a vantage point from which to dominate the surrounding countryside . Both ...
Page 143
... structures and archaeological sites can also give invaluable informa- tion about the tools and methods of medieval structural carpentry . Unseasoned tree trunks were normally split with iron wedges to form planks which were then adzed ...
... structures and archaeological sites can also give invaluable informa- tion about the tools and methods of medieval structural carpentry . Unseasoned tree trunks were normally split with iron wedges to form planks which were then adzed ...
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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