Medieval History
A stone feature in a Yorkshire Dales village has been uncovered again to determine if it is perhaps a type of oven used in the Middle Ages.
The stones were first discovered in 1896 on the village green at Hartlington near Burnsall and were originally thought to be the floor of a corn drying kiln but, over the years that followed, they became covered and were left untouched.
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Medieval History
Archaeologists work on medieval site in Yorkshire
A stone feature in a Yorkshire Dales village has been uncovered again to determine if it is perhaps a type of oven used in the Middle Ages.
The stones were first discovered in 1896 on the village green at Hartlington near Burnsall and were originally thought to be the floor of a corn drying kiln but, over the years that followed, they became covered and were left untouched.
Click here to read this article on Medievalists.net
- Anglo-saxon Building Discovered In Yorkshire
The flanks of Ingleborough in the Yorkshire Dales National Park have given up one of their secrets to a team of amateur archaeologists. Members of the Ingleborough Archaeology Group spent weeks investigating a remote site on the side of one of the National...
- Remains Of Medieval Village Found In Cheshire
Construction work on a new housing development in Runcorn, Cheshire, has unearthed what are thought to be the final remains of the medieval village of Norton. Around 80 archaeological features have been found at the site near Lodge Farm, off Highgate...
- Tomb Believed To Have Held 7th-century Empress's Granddaughter Discovered In Nara
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a tomb here thought to have been the burial place of the granddaughter of Empress Saimei (594-661), the local board of education has announced. The tomb was discovered during excavation work around the nearby...
- Medieval Earth Floor Discovered In Church In Lincolnshire
A medieval earth floor has been uncovered at a village church which is undergoing a massive renovation. The discovery was made by builders at St James' Church, Aslackby, last month. Churchwarden Chris Gudgin, 67, of The Old Vicarage, Aslackby, said...
- Medieval Women Of Wharram Percy Were Stronger Than City Counterparts, Scholar Finds
Research into the medieval women from a village in Yorkshire, England, has revealed that they were much stronger and bigger boned than their contemporaries in urban areas. Dr. Simon Mays, a senior archaeologist with English Heritage, studied 120 sets...