We’ve only just returned from Somerset but James is already beginning to think about next Summer.<\/p>\n
A few hundred meters south west of where we were digging this year lies a large arable field that until the 1970s contained the earthworks of a deserted medieval settlement that may have been called ‘Barrow’<\/a>. Unfortunately the earthworks were bulldozed and nothing of this little settlement is now visible,<\/p>\n When the earthworks were destroyed local archaeologists collected a small quantity of medieval pottery. This include some 10-11 century AD sherds. \u00a0We hope to investigate this field with geophysics over the winter and perhaps carry out some excavation there next year.<\/p>\n Investigating ‘Barrow’ would tell us a lot about how well the archaeological remains of the settlement survive. It might also give us the opportunity to explore the earlier, pre-Norman, phases of activity. The origins of medieval settlements and their relationship with the preceding Roman landscape are important issues<\/a> and Barrow may offer us an opportunity to address these questions.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We’ve only just returned from Somerset but James is already beginning to think about next Summer. A few hundred meters south west of where we were digging this year lies a large arable field that until the 1970s contained the … Continue reading