Anglo-Saxon and Earlier Settlement near Drayton Road, Sutton Courtenay, Berkshire

Bibliographic Data

ID11617303
AuthorsHelena Hamerow (0000-0001-5643-5888, Institute of Archaeology, corresponding author), Chris Hayden (Oxford Archaeology), Gill Hey (Oxford Archaeology), Paul Blinkhorn, Paul Booth (0000-0003-4414-8720), John L Cotter (0000-0003-1285-0937), John Cotter (0000-0001-7290-8606), Kate Cramp, Louise Martins (0000-0002-2083-813X), D M Metcalf, Julian Munby (0000-0001-5075-4343), Annsofie Witkin, Susan Youngs, Susan M Youngs
Year2007
Volume164
Issue1
Pages109-196
Publication date2007-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueArchaeological Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0066-5983 • E-ISSN: 2373-2288
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00665983.2007.11020708
OpenAlexW2313892512
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited38

Since E. T. Leeds' excavations of the Anglo-Saxon settlement at Sutton Courtenay in the 1920s and 1930s, aerial photographs revealing large timber buildings, as well as finds of metalwork and coins have suggested that the settlement was more extensive and of higher status than Leeds had imagined. This report reviews this evidence and describes the results of fieldwalking, geophysical survey and small-scale excavation which have provided further details of the Anglo-Saxon settlement, and uncovered one of the timber buildings. It has also revealed features pre-dating the Anglo-Saxon occupation: Neolithic pits and an oval barrow—perhaps related to a nearby cursus—a Late Bronze Age burial, an Early Iron Age settlement and a Roman field system

Ancient history · Anglo saxon · Archaeology · Bronze Age · Excavation · Geography · Settlement (finance · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History