The Later Saxon and Early Norman Manorial Settlement at Guiting Power, Gloucestershire
Archaeopress (Verlag)
978-1-78969-365-2 (ISBN)
This report outlines investigation of the early manor at Guiting Power, a village in the Cotswolds with Saxon origins, lying in an area with interesting entries in the Domesday Survey of 1086.
Excavation has shown that, during the later Saxon period, a lightly defended compound contained a principal area of habitation, with an adjacent, more open ‘working area’ partly divided by ditched sub-enclosures, perhaps related to subsidiary settlement, or other economic activity. This complex may have formed the main estate-centre for a more extensive land-holding, scattered over the northern Cotswolds, and leased from the king, its last Saxon tenant being one ‘Alwin’, as sheriff of the county a thegn of some standing.
During the major economic and social changes following the Conquest, under a change to Norman lordship, the manorial perimeter was reinforced, and a small apsidal church was constructed within it, now restored as a standing monument. Subsequently, a new complex of manorial buildings was established on a fresh site within the enclosure, the precursor of the present parish church was constructed nearby, with further development of manor and village into the full medieval period.
Alistair Marshall has a formal background in archaeology and the natural sciences, general interests in European prehistory, and is currently developing various projects including: application of remote sensing, from broader study of landscapes to detailed interpretation of ritual monuments with related experimental work; structural analysis of megalithic sites, with especial reference to interpretation of axial alignment; investigation of broader aspects of tribal economies during the later Iron Age in Britain and Northwestern Europe.
SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE SITE, OBJECTIVES, AND METHODS OF INVESTIGATION ;
SECTION 2: STRUCTURAL SEQUENCE AT THE SITE ;
SECTION 3: GENERAL DISCUSSION OF THE SITE ;
SECTION 4: FINDS AND SAMPLES FROM THE SITE ;
SECTION 5: CONSERVATION OF THE SITE ;
SECTION 6: SUPPORTING INFORMATION/SOURCES ;
SECTION 7: FIGURES AND PLATES ;
SECTION 8: ONLINE CONTENT
Erscheinungsdatum | 07.09.2020 |
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Zusatzinfo | Illustrated throughout in black & white |
Verlagsort | Oxford |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 205 x 290 mm |
Gewicht | 456 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 1-78969-365-9 / 1789693659 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-78969-365-2 / 9781789693652 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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