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Cover 1 Title 2 Copyright 3 CONTENTS 4 List of Figures 6 Summaries 11 Acknowledgements 13 1 Introduction to the site 16 1.1 Location and nature of the site (NGR: NT 830 406) 16 1.2 Circumstances of excavation 17 1.3 Location of records and finds 21 2 The estate 25 2.1 The region 25 2.2 The historical evidence for the estate, and the church and churchyard 26 2.3 The topography of the estate 35 2.4 Hirsel Law (NGR: NT 82529 41600) 37 3 The site surveys 43 3.1 Introduction to the site 43 3.2 Magnetometer and resistivity geophysical survey 43 3.3 The archaeological significance of the magnetometer and resistivity surveys 47 3.4 Soil phosphate testing 1979–1980 47 3.5 The archaeological significance of the phosphate survey 51 4 The site excavation: pre-medieval 53 4.1 Prehistoric 53 4.2 Other pre-medieval features 56 4.3 The palisade (C28) 63 5 The church: the excavated evidence 65 5.1 Sequence and circumstances of excavation 65 5.2 The foundation of the church 66 5.3 Phase I: the single-celled church (Phase 4, EM1) 67 5.4 Phase II: the apsidal church (Phase 5, EM2) 68 5.5 Phase III: the rebuilt and extended church (Phase 6, Medieval) 70 5.6 Phase IV: the strengthening of the west wall

Author

Rosemary Cramp

Published

2019

Language

EN