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1 University of Oxford Department for Continuing Education From Civilisation To Barbarism? Western Britain in the Early Middle Ages Tutor: Dr Kirsten Jarrett

2 DEB (c. AD 540) Ch. 20 [early – mid C5] ‘...lying hid [from raiding Irish & Picts] in mountains, caves, and woods, continually sallied out from thence to renew the war.’ Patrick (5 th century) 1. ‘...a small villa nearby where I was taken captive...’ Ch. 25 [mid – late C5] ‘...miserable remnant, being taken [by ‘rebel’ Saxon mercenary soldiers: foederati] in the mountains... committing the safeguard of their lives...to the mountains, precipices, thickly wooded forests, and to the rocks of the seas...’

3 Villas: ‘barbarian’ brutality & ‘de-Romanisation’?

4 Late 4 th century characteristics Control & enclosure ? Corn-driers: Climate deterioration or new products (brewing = client-ship)? Architectural change Late 4 th - 5 th + century change Industrialisation: insertion of hearths Blocking of doorways Deterioration of masonry structures Construction of timber buildings within shells & rough flooring Burial (Occasional) signs of inter-personal violence

5 Barnsley Park, Glos.

6 Frocester Court

7 Reoccupation of Iron Age Hillforts Initial (late 4 th century) activity: Metalworking or ritual Possible limited settlement outside IA ramparts C5 – 7: (Often ‘zoned’) settlement within ramparts Variety of building forms & materials

8 Poundbury, Dorset

9 Cadbury Congresbury

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11 South Cadbury, Som.

12 Excavations 1966-70

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15 Glastonbury Tor

16 Dinas Emrys, Gwynedd

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18 Chûn Castle, West Penwith

19 Hut Groups / Courtyard settlements Cefn Graenog, Clynnog Fawr Porthmeor, Zennor

20 Gwithian

21 High Peak, Devon

22 Tintagel Island

23 Plateau

24 Terrace Buildings

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