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‘Unique, Traditional and Charming’.1 The Shapwick Project, Somerset
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 April 2011
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The Shapwick Project, Somerset, began in 1989 as a ten-year, multidisciplinary landscape investigation focused upon the evolution of early and late medieval settlement patterns. This interim paper reviews the work carried out to 1996 and summarizes the results of archaeological fieldwork, standing building recording and documentary study. It is argued that the site of the present village and the medieval field system were planned in the late Saxon period and replaced a scatter of dispersed farmsteads, many of which show continuity from the prehistoric and Roman periods. The role of the medieval and post-medieval landscape is emphasized in reflecting and reinforcing social structure.
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This phrase was recently seen on an estate agent's advertising hoarding in the village. Archaeological research shows Shapwick's claim to the first two qualities to be bogus!
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