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The inner and outer baileys of the Old ... castle and cathedral within an Iron Age fortification Its ecclesiastical power waned during the 1220s when a new cathedral was built in New Sarum ...
Old Sarum's history goes back some 5,000 years. By 400 BC, during the Iron Age, a fort had been built on the site. Later, it was occupied by the Romans.The castle was built in the 11th century ...
Old Sarum Castle is opening up its doors to a host of rampaging Vikings from Monday 22nd to 29th August. During the event, the largest of its kind to be held in the Wessex region this year ...
Their investigations revealed the layout of a settlement including structures from the late 11th century, contemporary with the construction of a cathedral and castle. Old Sarum today seen from ...
Located inside the massive earthwork defences of an Iron Age hill fort at Old Sarum in Wiltshire ... a much smaller complex on top of a man-made castle mound. “This is a discovery of immense ...
The archaeologist believes Old Sarum does not get the recognition it deserves: “Yesterday I was going through the copious books that have been written on castles in England and its remarkable ...
The inner and outer baileys of the Old ... castle and cathedral within an Iron Age fortification Its ecclesiastical power waned during the 1220s when a new cathedral was built in New Sarum ...
The research was conducted as part of the Old Sarum and Stratford-Sub-Castle Archaeological Survey Project, directed by Kristian Strutt and fellow Southampton archaeologists Timothy Sly and ...
The latest scanning techniques were used to uncover a network of buildings at the 11th Century Old Sarum near Salisbury ... activity there was around the castle and cathedral which have long ...