An Early Medieval Settlement at Cowage Farm, Foxley, Near Malmesbury

Hinchliffe, J.D.S.

doi:10.1080/00665983.1986.11021134

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“…On analogy with similar sites of the period from across England, such as Yeavering, Northumberland and Bremilham, Wiltshire, the peak of occupation of the halls at Drayton/Sutton Courtenay appears to have been c.600-650 (Hope-Taylor 1977;Hinchliffe 1986; Chapter V). Together with the 'princely burials' of the Upper Thames region, the elaborate residential centres illustrate an increased interest in the formal articulation of the landscape by the emerging social elite, beginning in the early seventh century.…”

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“…Carefully aligned, and featuring spatial arrangements actively controlled by enclosures, the buildings at Yeavering were also rebuilt on the same plot, unlike most halls of the period (Hope Taylor 1977;Blair 2005, 54-7;Ulmschneider 2011, 159). Settlement complexes bearing some resemblance to Yeavering have also been partially investigated at Cowdery's Down in Hampshire, and Bremilham in Wiltshire, and identified elsewhere through aerial photography at places such as Hatton Rock, Warwickshire and Atcham, Shropshire (Hirst and Rahtz 1973;Millett and James 1983;Hinchliffe 1986;Pretty 1999).…”

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Middle Saxon' Settlement and Society: The Changing Rural Communities of Central and Eastern England

Wright¹

2015

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Middle Saxon' Settlement and Society: The Changing Rural Communities of Central and Eastern England

Wright¹

2015

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“…Where a pottery scatter is encountered, more intensive collection could attain greater spatial control over the distribution. Other prospection methods can be employed, soil phosphate analysis for example (Faull & Smith 1980), magnetometer survey (Hinchliffe 1986) or small test-pit excavations combined with geophysical prospection (see Schofield (forthcoming) for an example of such an approach employed on post-medieval pottery distributions). Place-name evidence may be considered as may the distribution of other finds classes such as burnt stone, animal bone etc.…”

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Understanding early medieval pottery distributions: cautionary tales and their implications for further research

Schofield¹

1989

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In field survey, some periods announce themselves by an abundance of artefacts, for example Roman ceramics in the Mediterranean and prehistoric flints in northern Europe. Others are elusive; among the least conspicuous in England is the early medieval period, when ceramics would seem to have figured little in material culture. When such wares did exist, tempered with soft material like grass, they are often destroyed by the plough and weathering Here the evidence, and its lack, is assessed, and means proposed to deal with it.The quantity and quality of early medieval pottery recovered by surface collection is sufficiently variable that many archaeologists are reluctant to accept isolated finds as anything more than 'background noise', preferring instead to examine the more visible elements defined by regional survey. But should isolated finds, recovered through systematic collection, really be regarded as 'rubbish data' in the light of recent debate concerning off-site scatters in other periods (e.g. Poley 1981; Bintliff & Snodgrass 1988; Schofield 1987)? It is towards this question that the paper is directed. 1 Three questions arise: Why are there regional variations in the quantity of pottery visible on the field surface? Are we justified in our tendency to focus attention more on pottery concentrations than on isolated finds? How might the 'rubbish data', the isolated finds recovered by systematic collection, be made both useful and usable? In order to tackle these questions we need to establish a fuller understanding of what early medieval (i.e. pre-Conquest) pottery distributions represent in terms both of the quantity of pottery recovered and of its distribution within 2 3 the landscape. The use of results from excavation is seen as a key factor in this respect and a valid 'control' for surface investigations. Causes of variation in surface distributionsA number of well-documented factors determine the quantity of early medieval pottery recovered by surface collection: the amount of pottery in circulation; the nature of the pottery; landscape taphonomy; use and discard behaviour; the scale and intensity of collection and agricultural activity. These will be considered in two sections, looking first at visibility and second at formation processes and the collection strategy.

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“…On occasion, as at Yeavering, Northumberland, excavated structures which were certainly churches look very similar in plan to domestic timber halls. A notable exception is a church site at Cowage Farm, Foxley, Wiltshire (Hinchcliffe 1986) where an undoubted early church (Structure A) that was sited within a small enclosure, appears to have an apse. Limited excavation showed that the walls were of vertical, rectangular timbers set in a trench, a technique also seen in the construction of the walls of timber halls of the period.…”

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Iron Age Ritual, a Hillfort and Evidence for a Minster at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

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Jones²,

Adams³

2012

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An Early Medieval Settlement at Cowage Farm, Foxley, Near Malmesbury

Cited by 8 publications

References 9 publications

Middle Saxon' Settlement and Society: The Changing Rural Communities of Central and Eastern England

Middle Saxon' Settlement and Society: The Changing Rural Communities of Central and Eastern England

Understanding early medieval pottery distributions: cautionary tales and their implications for further research

Iron Age Ritual, a Hillfort and Evidence for a Minster at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

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