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Carlisle City Council redeveloped the Lanes from the mid-1970s, a
densely built-up area in the north-east corner of the city's
historic core, crossed by 19 narrow 'vennels'. These, together with
most of the adjacent buildings, were swept away by the construction
of the Lanes shopping centre. Previous archaeological work had
confirmed complex Roman and medieval deposits on the site, most of
which would be destroyed by the development, and many of the
buildings were of historical and architectural interest. A
programme of archaeological and historical investigation, including
building recording, was therefore undertaken, principally funded by
Carlisle City Council, the Department of the Environment (now
Historic England), and the Manpower Services Commission, completed
between 1978 and 1982. Historic England also funded the
post-excavation analysis and this publication. The Lanes remains
one of the largest and most significant archaeological projects
ever undertaken in northern England. The project was split into the
northern and southern Lanes, the results of the latter being
published in 2000, though it only included a summary of the
standing-building survey. This volume, the companion to the 2019
publication of the Roman remains at the northern site, presents the
evidence for post-Roman activity. The site appears to have been
abandoned by the fifth century, layers of 'dark earth' accumulating
over the latest Roman levels. Several decades after Carlisle was
re-established by William II, narrow burgage plots were created,
extending from Scotch Street to the recently constructed city wall.
These were intensively occupied from then on and yielded a wealth
of evidence for the everyday lives of the inhabitants. Around the
mid-thirteenth century, the lanes themselves were created between
these plots, probably to improve access, and this distinctive
pattern of land-use persisted until the modern redevelopment.
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Old Abbey Farm, Risley (Paperback)
Richard Heawood, Christine Howard-Davis, Denise Drury, Mick Krupa
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During the 1990s, Oxford Archaeology North (then Lancaster
University Archaeological Unit) conducted a programme of
evaluation, building recording, excavation and documentary research
at Old Abbey Farm, Risley. This small moated site, now in
Warrington Borough, was probably constructed after the sub-division
of the manor of Culcheth in 1246; timbers dated by dendrochronology
have suggested that a late thirteenth or possibly early fourteenth
century aisled hall formerly stood on the moated platform. In the
late medieval period the aisles were removed and new timber framing
was built below the arcade-plates; the renovated hall was accessed
by a substantial fifteenth century timber bridge. A crossing was
added to the hall in the mid sixteenth century and the bridge
across the moat was rebuilt in stone. From the seventeenth century,
the house was subject to piecemeal underpinning and rebuilding in
brick, and was extended in the mid eighteenth century. The project
provided a rare opportunity to record a building during demolition
and subsequently excavate below it, thereby maximising the
information retrieval. The project was a runnerup in the British
Archaeological Awards for 1996. The project has been generously
supported by UK Waste Management Limited (Biffa Waste Services
Limited) throughout.
The Bay Gateway, opened in 2016, is a new road linking the M6
motorway, north of Lancaster, to the port of Heysham. Its
construction has provided an important opportunity to investigate
the little-studied early landscape of Lancashire's rural lower Lune
Valley. The archaeological investigation was focused on seven areas
that had been defined by almost a decade of preliminary works. The
earliest remains included evidence of prehistoric settlement, at a
location that had seen repeated activity in the Mesolithic and
Neolithic periods, and during the Bronze Age. The findings make a
significant contribution to the understanding of several millennia
of human activity that are otherwise poorly understood in
Lancashire. The most extensive remains, dating from the twelfth to
the mid-fifteenth century AD, were found on either side of the
Howgill Brook. Several buildings, in both timber and stone, as well
as kilns and channels, are thought to represent the remains of one
or more water mills associated with Beaumont Grange, an estate
belonging to Furness Abbey. This volume arises from the
multi-disciplinary approach to the archaeological sites, with the
emphasis placed on the integration of a wide range of data. It
comprises the work of several authors from Oxford Archaeology, as
well as external specialists.
This volume presents the findings of the largest campaign of
archaeological investigation yet undertaken along Liverpool's
historic waterfront, by Oxford Archaeology North and the National
Museums Liverpool Field Archaeology Unit. This work centred on the
areas of Mann Island, Pier Head, and the Central Docks, all places
that either fall within, or are directly adjacent to, the Liverpool
- Maritime Mercantile City World Heritage Site, and it formed a
prelude to the construction of a commercial development and the
Museum of Liverpool, and also the extension of the Leeds and
Liverpool Canal. The investigations uncovered numerous remains
relating to eighteenth- and nineteenth-century dock building and
land reclamation, as well as concomitant evidence for the use and
occupation of the waterfront, and the wider town, during these
periods. The archaeological evidence has been complemented by
detailed historical research, which together provide significant
insights into the dynamic and evolving system of dock and quayside
development, occurring between the early eighteenth and early
twentieth centuries. This development was integral to Liverpool's
wider history, and the archaeological remains reflect the port's
nascent post-medieval growth, commercial zenith during the
nineteenth century, and eventual twentieth-century decline, prior
to the extensive schemes of urban regeneration which now
characterise the present-day waterfront. Moreover, this extensive
campaign of investigation indicates how archaeology along the
waterfront represents an important technique for uncovering the
nuances of an area that was integral to the rise and success of
Liverpool, and which also continues to exert a significant sway on
Liverpool's cultural and economic identity.
Dacre is rare in having documentary evidence for an early medieval
monastery, mentioned by the Venerable Bede in 731, and in the 12th
century, William of Malmesbury thought that it was where King
AEthelstan of Wessex met the northern and western lords in 927.
High-quality early sculptural fragments and a substantial stone
drain had also been found in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Excavations were undertaken in 1982-5, to the north and south of
the parish church, and to the west of the churchyard, providing
important information about its origins. A substantial early
medieval cemetery of more than 200 graves was found to the north,
with some burials in chests with iron fittings. Two structures were
excavated to the west of this, one, with a rounded eastern end,
containing a hearth made from a millstone. This was associated with
a substantial assemblage of fine metalwork, loomweights, and vessel
and window glass, and several Northumbrian coins were also found.
The drain in the southern churchyard was re-excavated,
demonstrating that it was constructed of reused Roman stones,
probably from a bridge or mill. An early ditched boundary was also
identified, circling the south and west sides of the medieval
churchyard, which seems to have followed its line. The early
cemetery was later partially covered by a medieval farmstead,
consisting of at least three buildings, one with a well-made
fireplace. This had become derelict by the 15th/16th century, when
the village either shrank or moved to the west, leaving the site
very much as it is today.
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Norton Priory (Hardcover)
Fraser Brown; Christine Howard-Davis
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The Priory of St Mary was moved from Runcorn to Norton in 1134 by
William fitz William, third baron of Halton. Despite a major fire
in 1236, Norton grew in size and stature to become an abbey in
1391, and its abbot was a senior and much respected member of the
Augustinian Order. The abbey met its end in April 1536 under Henry
VIII's dissolution of religious houses, and in 1545 the site was
sold to the Brooke family, who adapted parts of the abbot's
quarters, kitchens and west range to provide a comfortable family
home. In the mid-eighteenth century, much of the house was
demolished to make way for a fashionable classically inspired
mansion, which was occupied until 1921 and finally demolished in
1928. In 1966, the site was presented to Runcorn Development
Corporation by Sir Richard Brooke. Ground-breaking excavations
began in 1970, running until 1987, and exposing much of the site
for investigation. The principal excavator, J Patrick Greene,
published an excellent synthesis of the site in 1989, but the full
stratigraphy and finds from the project remained unpublished. This
book, funded by English Heritage, and supported by the Norton
Priory Museum Trust, seeks to redress this, with a full account of
the results of the excavations. Its production by Oxford
Archaeology North drew together a team of specialists from a wide
range of disciplines.
The origins of Bewsey Old Hall, in the Royal Forest of Burtonwood,
probably lie in the late twelth or early thirteenth century, when
it was held by the influential Butler family, barons of Warrington.
Although much altered and diminished, Bewsey Old Hall still stands,
beginning its existence as an aisled hall, surrounded by
out-buildings. It is not clear when the site was moated, but a
local watercourse was probably diverted at an early stage. Badly
damaged by fire in the fourteenth century, the hall was
substantially rebuilt, wholly or partially in stone. Parts of this
complex of medieval buildings survived into the sixteenth or
seventeenth century. Having been owned by the Butlers until 1586,
ownership passed briefly to the Earl of Leicester, but it was soon
sold on to the Ireland family, later passing to their successors,
the Athertons. In the late sixteenth or early seventeenth century,
a fashionable new brick house was built on the site, incorporating
or reusing elements of the medieval hall. It was much enhanced in
the seventeenth century by the creation of a formal terraced garden
furniture, although the terracing had been levelled by 1724.
Bewsey's remaining medieval structures were demolished during the
eighteenth century, when the hall was extended, and landscaping
works filled in parts of the moat and enlarged others as water
features. In 1863, a 'New Hall' was built, and Bewsey Old Hall was
left in the hands of tenants, until, in considerable disrepair, it
was acquired by Warrington Development Corporation in 1974. During
the late 1970s and until the mid-1980s, the site's development was
traced through examination of the building, extensive excavation,
and documentary research. This volume paints a vivid picture of
Bewsey's development, the trials and tribulations of its
inhabitants, and their relationship with the world around them.
From 1997 to 2001, works associated with Carlisle City Council's
Gateway City (Millennium) Project on castle Way and Castle Gardens
provided an important opportunity to conduct a programme of
archaeological excavations on the site of the Roman fort at
Carlisle, and to examine the development of part of the medieval
castle, which occupies most of the fort site. Five main areas were
investigated prior to the construction of the Castle Way (Irish
Gate) footbridge and the Millennium Gallery and underpass, in what
was the largest archaeological excavation undertaken in Carlisle
since the early 1800s. The results of the work will greatly enhance
understanding of the development of the fort during the Roman
period, and of Carlisle's role in the origins and development of
the Tyne-Solway frontier system. Important evidence for occupation
within the medieval castle's outer ward was also recovered, and the
large ditch separating the castle from the city was investigated.
Waterlogging of the lower levels resulted in exceptional
preservation of organic materials, which rarely survive on
archaeological sites in Britain. These included the remains of
numerous wooden buildings and other structures within two
superimposed timber forts of the late first- to mid-second century
AD, a multiplicity of wooden and leather artefacts of Roman and
medieval date, and a wealth of environmental information. Volume 2
presents detailed evidence of the artefacts and ecofacts from the
site. It draws together the many reports produced by specialist
researchers into a synthesis and discussion. This sheds light on
day-to-day activity in and about both the Roman forts and medieval
outer ward of the castle and illustrates the lives of those who
built and inhabited the buildings within them. Much of the detailed
project data have been compiled into a third, digital, volume; this
takes the form of a DVD accompanying this book.
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