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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…

Photographs of this site, a moat around a flat island probably dating back to Anglo-Saxon times. It is overgrown with trees and only accessible by public footpath round 3/4 of the oval moat structure. There is also an inner moat that is not…

Photograph of the end of ridges in a ridge and furrow field on Station Road, Honeybourne, Worcestershire. Photograph taken facing roughly North, mid-morning. Honeybourne was recorded in the Domesday Book as Huniburn. The field has been used for the…

A view from about halfway up the slope looking west. The Normans attacked from left to right, uphill towards the English positions where the later abbey towers are just visible.

A view of the battlefield from the Norman positions at the bottom of the hill. The English positions were at the top of the hill where the abbey was later built.

A brief interim report on the Saxon elements of an excavation carried out at Teybrook Fram, Great Tey, Essex (a multi-period site, principally a Bronze Age ring ditch and cremation cemetery) carried out by the Colchester Archaeological Group.

Photograph along the furrow (left) and the crest of a ridge (right) in a ridge and furrow field near the deserted medieval village of Poden, (Poden Farm, Honeybourne, Worcestershire). Poden was not recorded in the Domesday Book, but Honeybourne…

Photograph of ridge and furrow field near the deserted medieval village of Poden, (Poden Farm, Honeybourne, Worcestershire). Poden was not recorded in the Domesday Book, but Honeybourne appears as Huniburn. Photographed mid-morning, facing roughly…

Photograph of ridge and furrow field near the deserted medieval village of Poden, (Poden Farm, Honeybourne, Worcestershire). Poden was not recorded in the Domesday Book, but Honeybourne appears as Huniburn. Photographed early-evening, facing roughly…

Photograph of ridge and furrow field near the deserted medieval village of Poden, (Poden Farm, Honeybourne, Worcestershire). Poden was not recorded in the Domesday Book, but Honeybourne appears as Huniburn. Photographed early-evening, facing roughly…