Branigan, K. (1968). The origins of cruck construction-a new clue. Medieval Archaeology 12. Vol 12, pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.5284/1071484. Cite this via datacite
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Medieval Archaeology 12 | |||||||||
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Medieval Archaeology | |||||||||
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SU 998986. J T Smith's theory that cruck construction evolved in Britain during the first four centuries AD lacked confirmatory evidence until the recent excavation of a building of late or sub-Roman date at Latimer, Bucks. This lies just outside the courtyard wall of the Roman villa and shows two long (c 50ft) parallel trenches with, on the inner sides, five pairs of postholes, several of which gave evidence of angled posts. The timber walls would have rested on sills set in the trenches. In the absence of internal partitions the building seems more suited to farm storage than to living accommodation. Material from postholes and trenches suggests a late 4th century date, ie eight centuries earlier than any cruck building previously known in Britain. Native construction is implied, since the Saxons arrived late in the Chilterns; however, Wijster (Netherlands) provides constructional, though not functional, parallels of even earlier date, and it remains conjectural whether Latimer represents an early import or independent evolution. Above the cruck building were stratified an open-sided barn and regular rubble platforms. | |||||||||
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