Aston, M. A. and Hall, T. (2010). The Winscombe Project, Somerset 2010.. Medieval Settlement Research 25. Vol 25, pp. 66-68. https://doi.org/10.5284/1059128. Cite this via datacite
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The Winscombe Project, Somerset 2010. | ||
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Medieval Settlement Research 25 | ||
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Medieval Settlement Research | ||
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90 | ||
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66 - 68 | ||
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Short update on the work of the Winscombe Project in Somerset. The focus in 2010 has been on documentary research, map regression analysis, test-pit digging and vernacular building surveys. Using the long series of compotus rolls it has been possible to locate and map over twenty separate medieval settlements. The major discovery from this in 2010 has been the previously unrecognized deserted medieval hamlet called Wyke or Wick. The study has also confirmed the dispersed and varied patterns of settlement within the parish, with one village, several large hamlets, some of which were probably planned, and a number of smaller farmsteads, one or two of which were moated. Geophysical surveys have been carried out at the Wyke site and over the earthworks of the shrunken hamlet of Barton. In addition, thirty-three test-pits have now been excavated, mainly in Winscombe, Woodborough and Sandford. These have revealed evidence for many alterations in the 18th to 20th centuries in a process of 'gentrification' whereby former farmsteads and smallholdings were converted into 'polite' gentlemen's residences. From the finds recovered, however, it is clear that one test-pit per property is not always adequate to locate evidence of medieval and earlier occupation. A minimum of one hundred test-pits are probably needed to begin to understand any sizeable settlement. LD | ||
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2010 | ||
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18 Dec 2015 |
