Daws Castle, Somerset, and Civil Defence Measures in Southern and Midland England in the Ninth to Eleventh Centuries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11613984 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeremy Haslam (United States Bureau of Reclamation, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 168 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 195-226 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archaeological Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0066-5983 • E-ISSN: 2373-2288 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00665983.2011.11020834 |
| OpenAlex | W2024128962 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 14 |
Recent excavations on the line of the defences of the Late Anglo-Saxon hilltop burh at Daws Castle on the coast near Watchet (Somerset) are re-examined in order to elucidate the burh's relationship with the Burghal Hidage burh at Watchet itself. Two distinct phases of construction are distinguished—the first, the stone-revetted bank of a fort which encircled part or all of the hilltop; the second, a separate fort with a massive stone wall and bank. The former can be seen as a component of a more general system of forts and other military installations of the earlier ninth century. The second can be identified as the defences of a hilltop burh which has analogues in the Aethelredian hilltop burh at South Cadbury amongst others. A date in the mid- to late 990s is suggested for the dating and context of these forts. This is placed in the context of archaeological and other evidence for the extent and nature of civil defence measures which were organized by King Aethelred against the Vikings of the period. This same context is also suggested for the composition of the Calculation of the Burghal Hidage, as a prescriptive formula created to facilitate the reorganization of burhs and their territories for the defence of England against the Vikings
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| Citation span | 2013 - 2023 (11) |
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