Dalwood, C. H., Griffin, S., Head, K., Hurst, D., Mann, A. and Woodiwiss, S. (2008). Longbridge before Austin. Archaeological investigations at Longbridge, King's Norton, Birmingham. Birmingham & Warwickshire Archaeological Society Transactions 112. Vol 112, pp. 45-72.
| Title: | Longbridge before Austin. Archaeological investigations at Longbridge, King's Norton, Birmingham | |||||||
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| Issue: | Birmingham & Warwickshire Archaeological Society Transactions 112 | |||||||
| Series: | Birmingham & Warwickshire Archaeological Society Transactions | |||||||
| Volume: | 112 | |||||||
| Number of Pages: | 140 | |||||||
| Page Start/End: | 45 - 72 | |||||||
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| Publication Type: | Journal | |||||||
| Abstract: | A range of evidence was uncovered for the early to late medieval land use of the floodplain of the river Rea, indicating a change during the medieval period from a partly wooded environment with alder and hazel to a cleared floodplain utilized as wet meadowland. Through the medieval period there was a build up of overbank alluvium, attributed to an increase in arable cultivation in the catchment area. The evidence for the medieval landscape has been related to recent research into the landscape history of King's Norton, and has broadened current knowledge. The sequence ended in the mid-sixteenth century. During the eighteenth century settlement and landscape changed as new farmsteads were established in the Longbridge area; parts of two such sites were investigated. | |||||||
| Year of Publication: | 2008 | |||||||
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| Created Date: | 11 Jun 2010 |
