6.6 Medieval Publications
Kent
Cotter, J, with 5 contributors, 1997, A Twelfth-Century Pottery Kiln at Pound Lane, Canterbury: Evidence for an Immigrant Potter in the Late Norman Period, Canterbury Archaeological Trust Occasional Papers, 1
Excavation of a 12th century pottery kiln with associated sherds. The assemblage resembled North French ceramics which suggested that the kiln was established by a French potter, possibly brought to Canterbury by the Church to produce higher quality wares.London
see also Schofield, J, Anglo-Saxon
Northamptonshire
Mackreth, D F, 1996, The Abbot of Ramsey's Manor, Elton, Huntingdonshire, Northamptonshire Archaeol, 26, 123-139
The foundations of a number of stone buildings were located during improvements in flood defences and identified as the medieval manor of the Abbot of Ramsey. Finds indicated a period of use between the 13th and 18th centuries, although the nature and status of the site changed through time. Documentary sources from the 13th and 14th centuries helped to determine the structure, layout, and function of the site.Northumberland
Cambridge, E, and Williams, A, 1995, Hexham Abbey: A review of recent work and its implications, Archaeologia Aeliana, 23, 51-138
A review of the evidence for the Anglo-Saxon monastic complex and the 12th century Augustinian refoundation, which also discusses the associated development of settlement at Hexham as a. Specialists finds reports are also included.Oxfordshire
Munby, J T, and Steane, J M, with 5 contributors, 1995, Swalcliffe: a New College Barn in the 15th Century, Oxoniensia, 60, 333-78
The 15th century rectorial barn was subjected to above and below ground investigation during recent refurbishment, combined with examination of building accounts of 1401-07 in New College, Oxford. This study examines the building process, the materials used, and the surviving architectural and archaeological remains.Shropshire
Ferris, I M, with 8 contributors, 1996, Excavations at Bridgnorth Franciscan Friary, Shropshire in 1989, Trans Shropshire Archael Soc, 73, 33-82
Excavation of a number of medieval buildings of the Franciscan Friary dating from the 13th century to its dissolution in 1538. Buildings may represent the eastern end of the friary church.Somerset
Woods H, with contributions by Kent, O, and Minnitt, S, 1996, Glastonbury Abbey Excavations 1987-93, Somerset Archaeol Natur Hist, 138, 7-73
Excavations revealed evidence for a bank and ditch which may represent part of the earliest monastic enclosure. Part of the poor women's almhouses (as rebuilt in the 19th century) were also found associated with a well. A 14th century building range is interpreted as the living accommodation of the chaplains.Worcestershire
Fagan, L, 1996, An Evaluation at Rock Farm, Rock, Trans Worcestershire Archaeol Soc ser 3, Vol 15, 343-5
Evaluation of a site that comprises the integrated elements of a medieval settlement, a moated manor house, and agricultural field systems. Dated by pottery to the 13th/14th centuries although some deposits may date from the 15th to 16th centuries.Yorkshire
Foreman, M, with 15 contributors, 1996, Further Excavations at the Dominican Priory, Beverley, 1986-89, Sheffield Excavation Reports, 4
Excavation of the Dominican Priory, established in 1240, which remained in use until 1539, including the Dominican House and a partial re-examination of the Priory church and great cloister. Finds included building material, window glass, and personal equipment.
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