Excavation photographs: extension to trenches MA3-5 and MC3-5 in Area III (manor) from SE; extension to trenches MA3-5 and MC3-5 from S; extension to trenches MA3-5 and MC3-5 from SW; unidentified tre ...
BP 134/56
Description Excavation photographs: extension to trenches MA3-5 and MC3-5 in Area III (manor) from SE; extension to trenches MA3-5 and MC3-5 from S; extension to trenches MA3-5 and MC3-5 from SW; unidentified trench; trench MA5 from S showing pottery; pottery in trench MA5 from SW; and bricks possibly in trench MB7 from W.
Date 27/6/1952 to 1954
Collection Papers of Brian Hope-Taylor, archaeologist, Cambridge, England
Catalogue Number BP 134/56
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 758746, SC 758723, SC 758732, SC 1098606, SC 1093068, SC 1093069, SC 1093070, SC 1093072
Scope and Content Partially excavated pot, Preston Hawe, Surrey This is a partially excavated medieval pottery vessel. Pottery is almost immune to decay and it can be used to date excavated contexts. The types of vessels and their origins can also provide information on trade. Pottery forms and their functions can also tell us about life in the past. This particular pot is over 700 years old. Manors were the focus of rural life in the medieval period. A manor consisted of a manor house, a village, and up to several thousand acres of land divided into pasture, forest, and fields. The fields were divided up between the lord, church, peasants and serfs. The lord controlled the land and its produce. Preston Hawe is a medieval manor house excavated by Brian Hope-Taylor from 1952 to 1954. He revealed that the earthworks surrounding the site contained a series of buildings, including two successive timber halls. The earlier hall belonged to the late 12th century while the later hall dated to the 13th century. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
Accession Number 2001/164
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