Post-Roman and Medieval Drying Kilns Foundations of Archaeological Research

Drying kilns, corn-dryers and malting ovens are increasingly familiar features in post-Roman, Anglo-Saxon and medieval archaeology. Their forms, functions and distributions offer critical insights into agricultural, technological, economic and dietary history across the British Isles. Despite the si...

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Autor principal: Rickett, Robert (-)
Otros Autores: McKerracher, Mark
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Archaeopress 2021.
Edición:1st ed
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009814529706719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • About Access Archaeology
  • Copyright Information
  • Title Page
  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Post-Roman and Medieval Drying Kilns
  • Identifying drying kilns in archaeology
  • Evidence of function
  • Other functions, and relationship of kiln type to function
  • Purposes of kiln drying
  • Evidence of fuel
  • Siting, and materials and methods of construction
  • Construction of superstructure and drying floors
  • Distribution, dating and origins
  • Historical context
  • Gazetteer of Drying Kilns
  • Introduction to the Gazetteer
  • Summary of types
  • Type I
  • K1: Stamford kiln 1 (Lincolnshire, England)
  • K2: Stamford kiln 2 (Lincolnshire, England)
  • K3: Stamford kiln 3 (Lincolnshire, England)
  • K4: Great Casterton (Rutland, England)
  • K5: Montgomery Castle (Powys, Wales)
  • K6: Stamford kiln 4 (Lincolnshire, England)
  • Type II
  • K7: Barrow (Rutland, England)
  • K8: Grafton Regis (Northamptonshire, England)
  • K9: Brixworth (Northamptonshire, England)
  • K10: Faxton (Northamptonshire, England)
  • Type III
  • K11: Nottingham Caves (Nottinghamshire, England)
  • K12: Rue Farm (Dumfries, Scotland)
  • K13: Sandal Castle (West Yorkshire, England)
  • K14: Doncaster (South Yorkshire, England)
  • K15: Nottingham (Nottinghamshire, England)
  • K16: Stanhope (Co. Durham, England)
  • Type IV
  • K17: Alcester (Warwickshire, England)
  • K18: Houndtor (Devon, England)
  • K19: South Witham (Lincolnshire, England)
  • K20: Ballymacash (Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland)
  • K21: Beere (Devon, England)
  • K22: Glenvoidean (Bute, Scotland)
  • K23: Rathbeg (Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland)
  • K24: Sandal Castle (West Yorkshire, England)
  • K25: St Blane's (Bute, Scotland)
  • K26: Buckden (Cambridgeshire, England)
  • K27: Glen Parva (Leicestershire, England)
  • Type V
  • K28: Jarlshof (Shetland, Scotland).
  • K29: Kirkstall Abbey (West Yorkshire, England)
  • K30: Stretham (West Sussex, England)
  • Type VI
  • K31: Ballycatteen (Co. Cork, Ireland)
  • Type VII
  • K32: Doarlish Cashen (Isle of Man)
  • K33: Highlight (Glamorgan, Wales)
  • K34: Hullasey (Gloucestershire, England)
  • K35: Letterkeen (Co. Mayo, Ireland)
  • K36: Lundy Island (Devon, England)
  • K37: Uisneach (Co. Westmeath, Ireland)
  • K38: Underhoull (Shetland, Scotland)
  • K39: Altmush (Co. Meath, Ireland)
  • K40: Garranes (Co. Cork, Ireland)
  • K41: Michelham Priory (East Sussex, England)
  • K42: Tintagel (Cornwall, England)
  • K43: Merthyr Dyfan (Glamorgan, Wales)
  • Insufficient Evidence for Type
  • K44: Alcester (Warwickshire, England)
  • K45: Block Eary (Isle of Man)
  • K46: Deddington Castle (Oxfordshire, England)
  • K47: Inishkea North (Co. Mayo, Ireland)
  • K48: Lincoln (Lincolnshire, England)
  • K49: Northampton (Northamptonshire, England)
  • K50: Rhuddlan (Denbighshire, Wales)
  • K51: Scole (Norfolk, England)
  • K52: Spaunton New Inn (North Yorkshire, England)
  • K53: Sutton (Shropshire, England)
  • K54: Thetford (Norfolk, England)
  • K55: Wallingford Castle (Oxfordshire, England)
  • Not Drying Kilns
  • K56: Fountains Abbey (North Yorkshire, England)
  • K57: Stamford (Lincolnshire, England)
  • K58: Winchester (Hampshire, England)
  • Appendix: The Brewhouse and Bakehouse at Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire
  • Bibliography.