An Anglo-Saxon Great Hall Complex at Sutton Courtenay/drayton, Oxfordshire: A Royal Centre of Early Wessex?
An archaeological evaluation at the site of an Anglo-Saxon ‘great hall complex’ at Sutton Courtenay/Drayton (NGR 448733, 193671), previously known primarily from aerial photographs and metal-detector finds, included the partial excavation of two large timber buildings. One of these proved to be the...
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| description | An archaeological evaluation at the site of an Anglo-Saxon ‘great hall complex’ at Sutton Courtenay/Drayton (NGR 448733, 193671), previously known primarily from aerial photographs and metal-detector finds, included the partial excavation of two large timber buildings. One of these proved to be the largest Anglo-Saxon ‘great hall’ yet identified and had been cut into a prehistoric mound or bank. The smaller building overlay an earlier sunken-featured building of probable sixth-century date. The geophysical survey and excavation provide significant new information regarding the site, which is probably that of an undocumented royal centre associated with the earliest rulers of the West Saxons. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:b5a7a048-f9a8-40f6-b85d-d4ff346a70902023-11-10T10:53:43ZAn Anglo-Saxon Great Hall Complex at Sutton Courtenay/drayton, Oxfordshire: A Royal Centre of Early Wessex?Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:b5a7a048-f9a8-40f6-b85d-d4ff346a7090ArchaeologyMaterials studies (archaeology)SettlementEnglishOxford University Research Archive - ValetTaylor and Francis2015Hamerow, HBrennan, NAn archaeological evaluation at the site of an Anglo-Saxon ‘great hall complex’ at Sutton Courtenay/Drayton (NGR 448733, 193671), previously known primarily from aerial photographs and metal-detector finds, included the partial excavation of two large timber buildings. One of these proved to be the largest Anglo-Saxon ‘great hall’ yet identified and had been cut into a prehistoric mound or bank. The smaller building overlay an earlier sunken-featured building of probable sixth-century date. The geophysical survey and excavation provide significant new information regarding the site, which is probably that of an undocumented royal centre associated with the earliest rulers of the West Saxons. |
| spellingShingle | Archaeology Materials studies (archaeology) Settlement Hamerow, H Brennan, N An Anglo-Saxon Great Hall Complex at Sutton Courtenay/drayton, Oxfordshire: A Royal Centre of Early Wessex? |
| title | An Anglo-Saxon Great Hall Complex at Sutton Courtenay/drayton, Oxfordshire: A Royal Centre of Early Wessex? |
| title_full | An Anglo-Saxon Great Hall Complex at Sutton Courtenay/drayton, Oxfordshire: A Royal Centre of Early Wessex? |
| title_fullStr | An Anglo-Saxon Great Hall Complex at Sutton Courtenay/drayton, Oxfordshire: A Royal Centre of Early Wessex? |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Anglo-Saxon Great Hall Complex at Sutton Courtenay/drayton, Oxfordshire: A Royal Centre of Early Wessex? |
| title_short | An Anglo-Saxon Great Hall Complex at Sutton Courtenay/drayton, Oxfordshire: A Royal Centre of Early Wessex? |
| title_sort | anglo saxon great hall complex at sutton courtenay drayton oxfordshire a royal centre of early wessex |
| topic | Archaeology Materials studies (archaeology) Settlement |
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