Excavation photographs: gully in trench H1 of 2nd enclosure from N; test trench on site of manor from E; unidentified section of ditch (see SC 1092607 and SC 1092608); general view of site from SW (se ...

Description Excavation photographs: gully in trench H1 of 2nd enclosure from N; test trench on site of manor from E; unidentified section of ditch (see SC 1092607 and SC 1092608); general view of site from SW (see SC 1092602); trenches M4, M5, M13, and M19 (see SC 1092603); trench A2 in Area I from NW; and extension of trenches from A1 and A2 from N.

Date c. 28/3/1952 to 1954

Collection Papers of Brian Hope-Taylor, archaeologist, Cambridge, England

Catalogue Number BP 134/45

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies SC 1092908, SC 1092909, SC 1092913, SC 1092914, SC 758734

Scope and Content Inner earthwork ditch cutting, Preston Hawe, Surrey The ditch of the inner earthwork, shown here, with its accompanying bank, originally formed a considerable feature of the site. Pottery discovered while excavating the bank and ditch showed that they were constructed about 1180-1200. Many manor houses lay within a defensive enclosure, and it is possible that the ditch and bank fulfilled that function. However, the excavator felt that it may have formed part of a cattle compound, and documentary sources suggests that cattle rearing played an important part in the local economy. Preston Hawe is a medieval manor and was excavated by Brian Hope-Taylor from 1952 to 1954. He revealed that the earthworks surrounding the manor enclosed a series of buildings, including the discovery of two successive 'great' halls of the manor. The earlier hall dated to the late 12th century and the later hall dated to the 13th century. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

Accession Number 2001/164

External Reference 35 452

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