A Pre-Norman Field-System at Hen Domen, Montgomery

The Norman aggregation of estates and settlement in eleventh-century Nottinghamshire

“…9 illustrates that much of the north, west and south of the county did have some waste land, and this will in all probability have made it easier for the new Norman lords to reorganise the field systems and settlements of these townships had they so wished. The problem of the nature of the preNorman field systems nevertheless remains, and until archaeological investigations, such as those undertaken at Hen Domen (Barker & Lawson 1971 ), are undertaken into fields known to underlie Norman material we must remain in relative darkness as to the precise nature of the agrarian organisation of pre-Norman Nottinghamshire.…”

Post-Neolithic Vegetation Changes in the Western Rhinogau, Gwynedd, North-West Wales

“…Parallel evidence has been presented for certain areas peripheral to the Welsh uplands in both north and south Wales where prehistoric and historic settlement patterns have been compared with the distribution of soil types (Jones, 1955(Jones, , 1963Crampton and Webley, I960;Webley, 1969). The earliest pollen evidence for in situ cultivation in Wales is the pre-Norman field system for Hen Domen, Montgomery (Barker and Lawson, 1971). Any further elucidation of implied earlier agriculture would require a more intensive study of terrain adjacent to known archaeological sites.…”