Noble, F., Shoesmith, R. and Tonkin, J. W. (1969). Hereford city excavations 1967. Trans Woolhope Natur Fld Club 39 (1). Vol 39(1), pp. 44-70.

Title The title of the publication or report Title:	Hereford city excavations 1967
Issue The name of the volume or issue Issue:	Trans Woolhope Natur Fld Club 39 (1)
Series The series the publication or report is included in Series:	Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists Field Club
Volume Volume number and part Volume:	39 (1)
Page Start/End The start and end page numbers. Page Start/End:	44 - 70
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Publication Type The type of publication - report, monograph, journal article or chapter from a book Publication Type:	Journal
Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report Abstract:	SO 507399, etc. The most important result of the year's work was the identification of the Saxon phase of the western defences, with Saxo-Norman potsherds (identical to ware dated at Chester by a vessel containing a coin hoard of c 970 AD) sealed by a rebuilding of the rampart. The rampart section and the pottery are reported in detail, but it has not been possible to establish their precise relationship to the recorded reconstruction of the city defences in 1055 by Harold Godwinson. The distance of these excavations from the Cathedral centre indicates a Saxon town area of over forty acres (but minor excavations on the northern defences have proved inconclusive). A brief reconsideration of the evidence relating to the growth and origin of Hereford as a defended city suggests that the Saxon town may have been founded as a diocesan and administrative centre at the beginning of 8th century AD. Au
Author The authors of this publication or report Author:	Frank Noble Ron Shoesmith J W Tonkin
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published Year of Publication:	1969
Source Where the record has come from or which dataset it was orginally included in. Source:	BIAB (British Archaeological Abstracts (BAA))
Created Date The date the record of the pubication was first entered Created Date:	05 Dec 2008