An Anglo-Saxon Great Hall Complex at Sutton Courtenay/Drayton, Oxfordshire

A Royal Centre of Early Wessex

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11614573
AutoresNaomi Brennan (autor de correspondencia), Helena Hamerow (0000-0001-5643-5888, University of Oxford, autor de correspondencia)
Año2015
Volumen172
Número2
Páginas325-350
Fecha de publicación2015-03-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaArchaeological Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0066-5983 • E-ISSN: 2373-2288
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00665983.2015.1010369
OpenAlexW2081363905
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas25

An archaeological evaluation at the site of an Anglo-Saxon ‘great hall complex’ at Sutton Courtenay/Drayton, Oxfordshire (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 had been cut into a prehistoric mound or bank and proved to be the largest Anglo-Saxon ‘great hall’ yet identified. 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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