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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
- Trenches across earthworks west of Little Gaddesden church
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 cSP 9965 1387) uncovered a possible cobbled area and a good deal of pottery dated to the 11C-14C; 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>.
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Graphic material: David Harding. 2005. Plan and photographs of work on earthworks west of Little Gaddesden church. 12.2005 |
| <2> | Graphic material: Bill Martin. 2006. Resistivity and other geophysical survey plots for Church Meadow, Little Gaddesden. |
| <3> | Report: J H Dahl. 2007. Little Gaddesden Church Meadow: BDAS surveys 2004-2006. field evaluation. RNO 1782 |
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