Allen, T. (1995). A medieval grange of Abingdon Abbey at Dean Court Farm, Cumnor, Oxon. Oxoniensia 59. Vol 59, pp. 219-447.
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A medieval grange of Abingdon Abbey at Dean Court Farm, Cumnor, Oxon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Oxoniensia 59 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Oxoniensia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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59 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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219 - 447 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Excavations carried out in 1975-76 and in 1984-87 in advance of housing development investigated fourteen buildings belonging to a medieval settlement interpreted as a grange of Abingdon Abbey. The settlement originated in the late twelfth century, and substantial stone buildings were put up close to a natural spring line in the first half of the thirteenth century, with flimsier peasant structures in the valley bottom adjacent. At the end of the thirteenth century the grange centre was moved to a new site in the valley bottom, and this later grange was surrounded with a moat.The fourteenth century saw the maximum expansion of the settlement, with stone buildings replacing earlier peasant structures and encroachment by new tofts onto the open fields. Considerable investment went into the later grange, which included fishponds, a fish-kitchen, and a dovecote, the moated site being surrounded by a stone boundary wall. Documentary evidence suggests that the grange also contained a church, but this was not located.After the mid-fourteenth century, parts of the settlement were abandoned, but new buildings were erected on the main peasant holding in the fifteenth century. This was abandoned in the sixteenth century, when the moat was also allowed to silt up. The kitchen and hall of the later grange were demolished early in the seventeenth century, when the existing farmhouse was built on the site of the hall incorporating the still standing medieval solar as its south wing. Separately authored reports include `The geophysical survey' by Alister Bartlett (266-72), and `The standing medieval buildings' by John Blair (284-324). The finds report section includes `Roman pottery' by Sarah Green (325), `Early Saxon, medieval and post-medieval pottery' by Maureen Mellor (325-54), `Medieval tile' (354-6) and `Clay pipes' (357) both by Deborah Duncan, followed by `Glass' Tim Allen (357-8) and `Small finds' by Leigh Allen (358-84). There are details of `The flintwork' by Philippa Bradley (384), and `Carved stone architectural fragments' by Julian Munby (384-6). Environmental remains include `Animal bones' by Gillian Jones (386-96), `Fish remains' by Andrew K G Jones (396-8), `Charred plant remains' by Lisa Moffett (398-406), `Invertebrate and waterlogged plant remains' by Mark Robinson (407-9), and `Calcareous tufa' by Adrian Parker (409-10). The historical evidence begins with `The medieval historical evidence' by John Blair (410-12), also including `The post-medieval historical evidence' by John Hanson (412-13). Au & IH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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20 Jan 2002 |
