![]() ![]() The excavation, the largest every carried out by Warwickshire County Council, has led to one of the most anticipated reports in the authority’s history. The large quantities of finds recovered, probably the largest assemblage from a medieval rural settlement in the West Midlands, enabled the reconstruction of the material culture of the late medieval village. Work on these provides direct evidence of medieval agricultural practice, to be compared with the local historical evidence. The site was also sampled extensively for charred plant remains and, unusually for Warwickshire with its slightly acid soils, a large assemblage of animal bone was collected. One of the identified properties was recognised as a smithy during the excavation and a pioneering sampling and analysis of the ironworking evidence was carried out. ![]() The well-preserved remains, protected under demolition rubble, included a door jamb, inscribed with the name of a tenant family ‘Gormand’, which suggests a degree of functional literacy for the tenants that could not previously have been assumed. Over 20 complete plans of houses and outbuildings were recorded, mostly in stone, but exhibiting a range of building techniques and representing the largest such site ever examined in the Midlands. ![]() The main period of occupation lasted from the mid-13th century to the late 15th century. The open area excavations at Southend investigated parts of ten medieval properties. The only building in the village to survive was the 13th-century chapel of St James, reduced, along with an adjacent post-medieval priest’s house, to a cowshed until conversion in the 1990s. Southend survived as earthworks in pasture until the construction of the M40 motorway prompted its archaeological excavation. The settlement initially prospered but declined throughout the 15th century and is recorded as depopulated by 1497. It includes the site of a market promoted by the manorial lord Bartholomew de Sudeley, with a charter obtained in 1267. It describes the archaeological evidence for the founding and desertion of the medieval village of Southend, one of five medieval settlements in Burton Dassett parish. The excavation work was carried out by the Warwickshire County Council Museum Service and the report has been financed by Historic England. We are always watching out for you.The book – Burton Dassett Southend, Warwickshire – A Medieval Market Village (Routledge) by Nicholas Palmer and Jonathan Parkhouse – describes at length the results of an archaeological excavation that took place in advance of the construction of the M40 through Warwickshire in the late 1980s. Fear not for the bursting sounds that echo across your red horizons. A new dawn awaits to usher in a society where all people in all places can live in Abundance. In this book, you will read: Revelations about the Illuminati's role in history,"Decades-old secrets of power and prosperity,"How to join the Illuminati in the coming age,"Your true purpose in this world." Humanity's age of War is finally nearing its end. Illuminatiam" introduces time-tested mental processes that many attribute to increasing wealth, overcoming hardships, and finding happiness. Join the thousands of people from all walks of life who've committed themselves to the betterment of the human species as a whole - Christians, Muslims, Atheists, Hindus, Buddhists, and believers of all kinds. Learn of the power that gives authority to kings and queens but lives hidden inside every human. For the first time in history, the Illuminati has broken its silence with Illuminatiam": a testament of this planet's future, wisdom previously available only to elite members, and your life's guide to all that is ahead. The Illuminati's path for humanity - our Universal Design - has spanned centuries to safeguard the human species from extinction. Fear not for your war-stricken, poverty-ridden planet: help is on the way. ![]()
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