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These photographs were taken by Wendy Parkinson and Paul Fenwick, and feature on Wendy Parkinson's site, Lincolnshire Church Photographs (http://www.wparkinson.com/Churches/Guide.htm), which provides an archive of images of churches from all periods…

Wallingford town defences, probably first constructed during the reign of Alfred as part of his strategy to defend Wessex against Viking attack. Mention of Wallingford is made in the Burghal Hidage, as a 'burgh', or fortified stronghold, with 2,400…

Various photographs of the St Laurence church at Bradford-on-Avon. Features tend to suggest a later date (10th/11th century) but it has been suggested that this was St Aldhelm's church of c. 700AD. It seems likely that some of the fabric survives…

Situated on the northern wall of the old city of Oxford this tower dates from the early to mid eleventh century. It is stone and shows signs of reworking but wonderfully illustrates some classic saxon stone features. The tower is square, unlike the…

Various photographs of the halls and huts at Bede's World. These include interior and exterior shots, construction details, farming implements, etc.

Link to website www.saxonhouse.co.uk.

A recreation of a 7th century building using authentic tools and materials. Costumes and artefacts.

Further information at www.saxonhouse.co.uk.

A view of the flat-headed arches used in the gatehouse of the Norman castle at Rougemont in Exeter. These are a feature of Anglo-Saxon architecture and suggest that William forced Anglo-Saxon masons to build his castle.
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The seal shows the front of a church. The earliest example of its use is on a document of 1133. At that date Exeter's Norman cathedral’s towers would not have been built, and the old Saxon cathedral was still standing.
The depiction could show…

At Rougemont a sequence of periods of masonry is distinguishable. The Roman wall of purple volcanic stone was heightened here with quite different masonry of white sandstone, whose parapet underlies the Norman castle. Since the castle was built at…

Saint Patrick's Chapel, Heysham, near Morecambe, Lancashire, with the nearby St Peter's parish church, is an early Saxon monument dating from the 8th CCE. While the church is still in use the chapel was ruined at an unknown time, presumably in the…