| Title: |
A medieval site at Chipping Ongar
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| Subtitle: |
excavations at Banson's Lane, 1998 |
| Issue: |
Transactions: Essex Society for Archaeology & History |
| Series: |
Essex Archaeology & History
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| Volume: |
2
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| Page Start/End: |
124 - 167 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
The largest excavation within Chipping Ongar to date has provided significant evidence of the medieval and later development of the town through the investigation of a sequence of pit groups in a backlands area to the west of the medieval High Street. The earliest phase of settlement, dated to the second half of the 12th century, included the setting-out of a plot boundary as part of the foundation of the town in an outer enclosure of the motte-and-bailey castle. Activity on the site continued to flourish through the medieval period, although there appears to have been a decline in the 15th and 16th centuries before an intensification of activity from the mid-17th century. The pit groups provided large finds assemblages for the study of the economy both of the site and the town as a whole. The pottery in particular suggests that Chipping Ongar was relatively prosperous. Early trading links with London are indicated by the large amount of 12th-century London-type ware recovered, but from the mid-13th century this pottery supply was superseded by more localised pottery from Harlow to the west and Mill Green, Near Ingatestone, to the east. Most of the finds indicate domestic activity. although there is some evidence of bone-working. |
| Year of Publication: |
2011
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Londontype Ware (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Mid17th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 12th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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SHERD
(Object England)
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SETTLEMENT
(Monument Type England)
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| Medieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Boneworking (Auto Detected Subject) |
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PIT
(Monument Type England)
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| 16th Centuries (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Boundary (Auto Detected Subject) |
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| Source: |
BIAB
(biab_online)
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| Created Date: |
30 Jan 2014 |
