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Peasemore Landscape Archaeology Project

Project Aims and Research Questions

The Peasemore Project is planning to answer a number of research questions about the archaeology of Peasemore. These include:

 1) What is the enclosure and what was it used for?

• Settlement?

• Agricultural use/ stock enclosure?

• Ceremonial meeting place?

• Anglo-Saxon ‘arable oval’? 

2) When did the village of Peasemore nucleate?

• Late Saxon period?

• Where are the earlier settlements?

3) Where are the 4 ‘halls’ of Peasemore referred to in Domesday Book?

4) What can we tell about past land use in Peasemore?

• Evidence of woodland and woodland management?

• Process of enclosure/assarting?

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