Post-Medieval Archaeol 6

[TL 8114]. Methods of construction are analysed in numerous examples of domestic and commercial buildings, and the phases of building linked to the economic background of the area. Au(abr)

TQ 687175. The excavation recovered evidence for two periods of iron smelting; there were substantial surviving structures for a blast furnace thought from documentary sources to have produced pig iron from 1542 until at least 1563 and, superimposed, indications of a different furnace built after 1563 and abandoned well before 1611. It was possible to compare, in particular, the application of water-power in the two periods and to sample ore and cast iron. The features of the first furnace could be related to references in surviving account books and thus will help interpretations of undocumented furnaces. Au(abr)

[TL 1860]. The remains of Hall Place were encountered during the excavation of an Anglo-Saxon settlement in 1961. The house had been built over the site of a large timberlined cutting (?fishpond) which had been filled during the course of 16th century. The fishpond contained a large group of finds including local and imported pottery, metalwork and leather objects. Pits, wells, other late and post-medieval structures and features were also found in the garden areas behind Hall Place and other houses in Church Street. Au(abr)

SU 635056 etc. The structure of a late 17th century house demolished for road-widening is described and compared with the plans of other houses in the area, establishing a house-type remarkable for its uniformity: a stone-built outshot building with internal timber partitions. Au(adp)