19th Edition

Excavations at a Templar Preceptory, South Witham, Lincolnshire 1965-67

By Philip Mayes Copyright 2002
174 Pages
by Routledge

174 Pages
by Routledge

The excavations at South Witham in Lincolnshire produced the most complete archaeological plan of the preceptory of the Military Orders so far seen in Britain. Before 1965 there had been only limited investigation of Knights Templar houses and evidence for day-to-day activities was almost non-existent. Never before had the different components of a preceptory been examined in detail using modern... Read more
1: Introduction to the Site; 2: Phase 1: The Earliest Medieval Layout; 3: Phase 2: The Preceptory Buildings; 4: Phase 3: The Final Modifications and Abandonment; 5: The South Witham Buildings; 6: South Witham and The Templars. The Documentary Evidence; 7: THE FINDS; 8: Environmental And Industrial Evidence

Biography

Philip Mayes