Late Saxon crop processing at Wharram Percy: new radiocarbon dates from the South Manor site

Authors

  • Mark McKerracher University of Oxford
  • Bob Croft South West Heritage Trust
  • Paul Stamper University of Leicester
  • Stuart Wrathmell Fishergate, York

Keywords:

Yorkshire, Wharram Percy, corn-dryer, drying kiln, agriculture, radiocarbon dating

Abstract

Charred plant remains from the South Manor site - at the excavated medieval settlement of Wharram Percy, Yorkshire - were radiocarbon-dated by the Feeding Anglo-Saxon England project. These new radiocarbon dates suggest that a crop processing oven previously associated with the twelfth- to thirteenth-century manorial phase is now most plausibly dated to the late tenth century, and also that crops were probably being processed in the vicinity of a black loam layer by the ninth century. This evidence could indicate 'high status' and/or specialised activity in this ninth- to tenth-century phase.

Published

01/12/2021

How to Cite

McKerracher, M., Croft, B., Stamper, P., & Wrathmell, S. (2021). Late Saxon crop processing at Wharram Percy: new radiocarbon dates from the South Manor site. Medieval Settlement Research, 36, 68–73. Retrieved from https://archaeopresspublishing.com/ojs/index.php/msr/article/view/1904

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