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Author: Johnny Scott-Walker

Castle Hill, this motte-and-bailey. This gorgeous piece of history still sits at East Chelborough, Dorset

What is a Motte-and-Bailey Castle?

December 14, 2023 Buildings

This road is called Ox Drove and I have just rode away from the Woodbury Hill that in the medieval period was the biggest hiring fair and market in southern England.

Drovers were the Nomads of Rural Britain

December 7, 2023 Old Ways

Reconstructed Anglo-Saxon house at Butser Ancient Farm, Hampshire

The Rise of the Anglo-Saxons in England

December 5, 2023 Village

Behind the shop would be a “fold and garth”. A “fold” is an area for keep animals and a “garth” is another name for a garden. Food stuffs were often grown in the garths.

What is a Medieval Burgage Plot?

December 4, 2023 Village

England’s Ancient Holloways, What are They?

December 3, 2023 Landscape

A likely semi-natural moot hill in the Giffordland Glen

What is an Anglo-Saxon Moot?

November 27, 2023 Ancient

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