| Title: |
The date and nature of Wat's Dyke
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| Subtitle: |
a reassessment in the light of recent investigations at Gobowen, Shropshire |
| Issue: |
Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History 15 |
| Series: |
Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History
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| Volume: |
15
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| Number of Pages: |
284 |
| Page Start/End: |
147 - 179 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
Reports on excavation in 2006 of a 40m length of the bank and two trenches through the ditch. These revealed a V-shaped ditch with an earth and stone bank on the eastern side. Evidence for a marker bank and a well-laid cobble foundation are used to argue that the dyke was carefully planned. The construction and use are dated via optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) to the early-ninth century, with a possible episode of slighting in the mid-ninth century, and deliberate infilling associated with fourteenth-century ploughing. It is suggested that these dates indicated a construction during the reigns of Cenwulf and Ceolwulf (AD 796-823), or that of Wiglaf during the 830s. |
| Year of Publication: |
2008
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Stone Bank (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Earth (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Bank (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Marker Bank (Auto Detected Subject) |
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DITCH
(Monument Type England)
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| Source: |
BIAB
(biab_online)
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| Created Date: |
09 Apr 2011 |
