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| HHER Number: | 12816 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | EARTHWORKS AND MEDIEVAL POTTERY, CHURCH MEADOW, LITTLE GADDESDEN |
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Summary - not yet available
Monument Types
- ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1500 AD)
- MOTTE AND BAILEY? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1500 AD)
Associated Finds
Associated Events
- Geophysical survey of earthworks west of Little Gaddesden church, 1987-89
- Trenches across earthworks west of Little Gaddesden church, 2005
Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthworks, possibly of Medieval Motte and Bailey, Church Meadow, Little Gaddesden
Full description
Earthworks in the field west of Little Gaddesden church [4371] include a roughly circular area 60m across, with a larger outer ring attached. The form may be that of a motte and bailey, or alternatively late Iron Age/Roman settlement. A trench near the centre of the smaller ring (at c.SP 9965 1387) uncovered a possible cobbled area and a good deal of pottery dated to the 11th-14th centuries; another trench across the southern end of the outer ring found nothing. The finds <3> may suggest a medieval date for the earthworks but earlier finds [507] are said to be Roman. See also [506] for late Iron Age pottery, and [1808] for the reputed shrunken settlement.
Analysis of geophysical survey suggests some complexity, with many landscape features <2>.
<4> lists a MS 'Memorandum of some things relating unto the demolished house near Gaddesden Church 1710', which may be here rather than at Great Gaddesden.
<1> Harding, David, 2005, Plan and photographs of work on earthworks west of Little Gaddesden church, 12.2005 (Graphic material). SHT8906.
<2> Martin, Bill, 2006, Resistivity and other geophysical survey plots for Church Meadow, Little Gaddesden (Graphic material). SHT16761.
<3> Dahl, J H, 2007, Little Gaddesden Church Meadow: BDAS surveys 2004-2006, RNO 1782 (Report). SHT16875.
<4> Busby, J H, 1970, The topographical notebooks of Edward Steele; Herts Archaeology 2, 105-8, - p105 (Article in serial). SHT5615.
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Graphic material: Harding, David. 2005. Plan and photographs of work on earthworks west of Little Gaddesden church. 12.2005. |
| <2> | Graphic material: Martin, Bill. 2006. Resistivity and other geophysical survey plots for Church Meadow, Little Gaddesden. |
| <3> | Report: Dahl, J H. 2007. Little Gaddesden Church Meadow: BDAS surveys 2004-2006. field evaluation. RNO 1782. |
| <4> | Article in serial: Busby, J H. 1970. The topographical notebooks of Edward Steele; Herts Archaeology 2, 105-8. - p105. |
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