Free Delivery Over $100
|
|
|||
|
||||
OverviewExcavations were carried out at the moated sites of Barrow Old Hall and Twiss Green, in Warrington, North West England, in the 1980s. Sub-manorial estates were established at these two sites by the fourteenth century, located near the boundaries of their multi-moated townships. Townships with multiple moats were a feature of parts of North West England and may have been the result of medieval assarting and the expansion of agriculture on to fringe or marginal areas, on the boundaries of earlier manors. It also owed much to the unusual tenurial arrangements of the region, whereby lords granted small estates out of their holdings, often to family members, to construct moated homesteads. This report presents the results of the excavations at these two small moated sites, including evidence for possible aisled halls at both sites, as well as a significant assemblage of medieval and early post-medieval pottery. There is also a full account of the finding of the remains of a timber bridge at Twiss Green and its full reconstruction; an illustration of which was previously published in the Shire Archaeology series book on Moated Sites in 1985. The publication of these excavations contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of the role and development of moated sites in this part of North West England and completes the outstanding analysis of moated sites excavated in the Warrington area. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dan Garner , Jennifer Lewis , David Freke , Jill CollensPublisher: Archaeopress Imprint: Archaeopress Archaeology Dimensions: Width: 20.50cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 29.00cm Weight: 0.450kg ISBN: 9781784919689ISBN 10: 1784919683 Pages: 120 Publication Date: 12 October 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction to the investigations at Barrow Old Hall and Twiss Green - by Dan Garner and Jill Collens; Chapter 2 Excavations at Barrow Old Hall, Great Sankey, Warrington - by Jennifer Lewis and Dan Garner; Chapter 3 Barrow Old Hall - the documentary evidence - by Martin Cleaver; Chapter 4 Excavations at Tanner's Farm moated site, Twiss Green, Culcheth, Warrington - by David Freke and Dan Garner; Chapter 5 Tanner's Farm moated site, Twiss Green - the documentary evidence - by Alan Moulsdale; Chapter 6 Barrow Old Hall and Twiss Green in context - by Dan Garner and Jill Collens; BibliographyReviewsAuthor InformationDan Garner is a partner at L-P Archaeology, based in Chester, and has worked for many years in both the public and commercial sectors of archaeology, specialising in the archaeology of Chester and Cheshire, with a particular interest in ceramics. He co-directed the Chester amphitheatre excavation. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
||||
