SDO10040 - Poundbury, Dorset: settlement and economy in the Late and post-Roman Dorchester

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Type Article in monograph
Title Poundbury, Dorset: settlement and economy in the Late and post-Roman Dorchester
Author/Originator
Date/Year 1996
International Standard Book Number 085115655X

Abstract/Summary

A re-appraisal of the post-Roman settlements excavated at Poundbury between 1966 and 1980. Previously the post-Roman settlements had been divided in to phase VA and VB. In this paper they are divided into phases 1, 2 and 3, with phase 1 being approximately equivalent to phase VA and phases 2 and 3 equivalent to phase VB. Phase 2 comprises the sunken featured buildings and associated enclosures which the author suggests may represent cells of an early Christian convent. The paper also discusses the economy of the settlement and suggests that the post-Roman period saw some innovation in terms of cereal production.

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Description

Paper in Dark, K. R., 1996, 'External Contacts and the Economy of Late Roman and Post-Roman Britain’ (The Boydell Press, Woodbridge).

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Referenced Monuments (49)

  • Poundbury Later Post-Roman Settlement Boundary (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman Early Settlement Boundary (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman Enclosure PR13 (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman Enclosure PR5 (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman Enclosure PR6 (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman Enclosure PR7/8 (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman grain drier 1 (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman grain drier 2 (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman grain drier 3 (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman grain drier 4 (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman grain drier 5 (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman grain drier 6 (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman grave 1188 (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman grave 1341 (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman grave 512 (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman pit group i (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman pit group ii (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman pit group iii (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman pit group iv (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman pit group v (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman pit group vi (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman pit group vii (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman Settlement North of the Main Cemetery (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman Settlement on the main cemetery site (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman Settlement phase 2 (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman Settlement phase 3 (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman Structure PR10 (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman Structure PR11 (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman Structure PR12 (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman Structure PR14 (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman Structure PR15 (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman Structure PR16 (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman Structure PR1a (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman Structure PR1b (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman Structure PR2a (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman Structure PR2b (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman Structure PR3a (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman Structure PR3b (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman Structure PR4 (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman Structure PR5 (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman Structure PR6 (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman Structure PR7 (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman Structure PR8 (Monument)
  • Poundbury Post-Roman Structure PR9 (Monument)
  • Poundbury, Dorchester; Late Roman/post-Roman road G1090 (Monument)
  • Poundbury, Dorchester; post-Roman Structure F1036 (Monument)
  • Poundbury, Dorchester; post-Roman Structure R19 (Monument)
  • Poundbury, Dorchester; post-Roman Structure R20a (Monument)
  • Poundbury, Dorchester; post-Roman Structure R20b (Monument)

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May 31 2018 11:50AM