Description
Book SynopsisThis report outlines investigation of the early manor at Guiting Power, a village in the Cotswolds with Saxon origins, lying in an area with interesting entries in the Domesday Survey of 1086.
Excavation has shown that, during the later Saxon period, a lightly defended compound contained a principal area of habitation, with an adjacent, more open ‘working area’ partly divided by ditched sub-enclosures, perhaps related to subsidiary settlement, or other economic activity. This complex may have formed the main estate-centre for a more extensive land-holding, scattered over the northern Cotswolds, and leased from the king, its last Saxon tenant being one ‘Alwin’, as sheriff of the county a
thegn of some standing.
During the major economic and social changes following the Conquest, under a change to Norman lordship, the manorial perimeter was reinforced, and a small apsidal church was constructed within it, now restored as a standing monument. Subsequently, a new complex of manorial buildings was established on a fresh site within the enclosure, the precursor of the present parish church was constructed nearby, with further development of manor and village into the full medieval period.
Table of ContentsSECTION 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE SITE, OBJECTIVES, AND METHODS OF INVESTIGATION ;
SECTION 2: STRUCTURAL SEQUENCE AT THE SITE ;
SECTION 3: GENERAL DISCUSSION OF THE SITE ;
SECTION 4: FINDS AND SAMPLES FROM THE SITE ;
SECTION 5: CONSERVATION OF THE SITE ;
SECTION 6: SUPPORTING INFORMATION/SOURCES ;
SECTION 7: FIGURES AND PLATES ;
SECTION 8: ONLINE CONTENT
