Excavations on Glastonbury Tor, Somerset, 1964–6

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11612503
AutoresPhilip Rahtz (autor de correspondencia)
Año1970
Volumen127
Número1
Páginas1-81
Fecha de publicación1970-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaArchaeological Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0066-5983 • E-ISSN: 2373-2288
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00665983.1970.11078389
OpenAlexW2028229650
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas13

Apart from a scatter of prehistoric and Roman finds, the first occupation of the Tor was in the 6th century A.D. There were traces of timber buildings of this date, with evidence of metal-working and considerable meat-eating. In the late Saxon or early medieval period there was a small monastic settlement, with cells cut in the rock, and possibly a timber church. Finally, in the late Saxon or early medieval period a stone church dedicated to St Michael was built on the summit: this was rebuilt at least once, and there was a priest's house lower down the slope. Notable finds include sherds of imported Dark Age amphorae, a small bronze head of similar date, and a wheel-headed cross of the 10th or 11th century

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Bronze · Bronze Age · Cartography · Excavation · Geography · Late period · Period (music · Prehistory · Settlement (finance · Summit · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies · History