St Gregory's Minster, Kirkdale, North Yorkshire.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rahtz+, Philip.

Contributor:

Watts, Lorna.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

St. Gregory's Minster (England).

Excavations (Archaeology)--England--Kirkdale.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Kirkdale (England)--Antiquities.

Kirkdale (England).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

St Gregory's Minster, Kirkdale, North Yorkshire

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress, 2021.

Summary:

The result of c. 20 years of work on and around the church of St Gregory's Minster, Kirkdale, North Yorkshire, this work is concerned primarily with the 8th century onwards, but also extends the time-period of this isolated site, particularly for the post-Roman to middle Saxon period, but also as an earlier probably religious landscape.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright page

Contents Page

List of Figures

The Site of Kirkdale

Figure 1.1 Location

Figure 1.2 The present parish

Figure 1.3 Kirkdale valley

Figure 1.4 Kirkdale cavern, by Rev W Conyebeare (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1822, part 1)

Figure 1.5 Site plan

Figure 1.6 Locations of cuttings around the church

The West Exterior

Figure 2.1 Trench TO, plan and section

Figure 2.2 Trench ST, elevation, profile and plan

Figure 2.3 Trench ST, isometric projection from NW

Figure 2.4 Trench TP, plan 1, with areas of blocks A-D indicated

Figure 2.5 Trench TP, plan 2

Figure 2.6 Trench TP, plan 3

Figure 2.7 Trench TP, sections D-D1 and A-C1-C and elevation

Figure 2.9 Trench TP, section D-X

Figure 2.10 Trench TP, section A-B

Figure 2.11 Trench TP, section Y-Z

Figure 2.13 Trench TP, grave complex AO - plan and sections

Figure 2.15 Trench TP, elevation below west wall of nave

Figure 2.16 Trench TP, profile X-Y, incision III under west wall of nave

Figure 2.17 Elevation of west wall of nave exterior

Figure 2.19 Trench TP, Phase 2 - primary graves

Figure 2.20 Trench TP, Phases 3-4 - later graves, wall AV, west wall of nave

The North Exterior

Figure 3.1 North exterior elevation of the vestry and north aisle in 1876

Figure 3.2 Location of north exterior cuttings

Figure 3.3 Cutting NA, plan

Figure 3.4 Cutting NA, elevation and profile of east face of vestry

Figure 3.5 Vestry north exterior, summary elevation and profile

Figure 3.6 Elevation of north exterior of vestry and profile at west end

Figure 3.7 Cutting NB, plan 1

Figure 3.8 Cutting NB, plan 2

Figure 3.9 Cutting NB, eastern and western sections

Figure 3.10 Cutting NB, elevation of north vestry wall in area of Cutting NB.

Figure 3.11 Cutting NB, elevation of heating chamber area

Figure 3.12 Cutting NB, plans 3-6 graves

Figure 3.13 Elevations and profiles of the north exterior of the north aisle

Figure 3.14 Cutting NC, plans 1-4

Figure 3.15 Cutting NC, elevation of north aisle exterior

Figure 3.16 Cutting NC, eastern and western sections

Figure 3.17 Cuttings ND/NE, plan

Figure 3.18 Cuttings ND/NE, elevation

Figure 3.19 Cuttings ND/NE, junction section

Figure 3.20 West exterior of north aisle in 1876

Figure 3.21 Vestry/North Aisle exterior elevation

The South Exterior

Figure 4.1 South nave exterior, nave plan 1, plan 2

Figure 4.2 South nave exterior, nave profiles

Figure 4.3 South nave exterior, elevation A

Figure 4.4 South nave exterior, plan 3, plan 4

Figure 4.5 South nave exterior, elevation B

Figure 4.6 South nave exterior, elevation C

Figure 4.7 South nave exterior, profile C, profile D

Figure 4.8 South nave exterior, nave/chancel junction interpretation

The Chancel Exterior

Figure 5.1 South chancel exterior, elevation, profile, plan

Figure 5.2 East chancel exterior, elevation, plan

Figure 5.3 North chancel exterior, elevation, plan

The Church Interior

Figure 6.1 St Gregory's Minster, Tudor's plan of the church (Tudor 1876, pl 1)

Figure 6.2 St Gregory's Minster, current plan of the church

Figure 6.3 St Gregory's Minster geophysical survey in the church interior

Figure 6.4 Tudor's chancel arch elevation (from the east)

Figure 6.5 The components of the chancel arch in the C19

Figure 6.6 The medieval and (postulated) Anglo-Saxon chancel arches

Figure 6.7 Tudor's section looking north

Investigations in Adjacent Fields

Figure 7.1 The North Field

Figure 7.2 Trench II, plan 1 the cemetery

Figure 7.3 Trench II, plan 2 postholes and metalling.

Figure 7.4 Trench II, plan 3 headland and wall

Figure 7.5 Trench II, north side section W-E

Figure 7.6 Trench II, east side section (reversed) S-N

Figure 7.7 Trench II, south side elevation and section E-W

Figure 7.8 Trench II, west side section S-N

Figure 7.9 Trench II, stratigraphic sequence

Figure 7.10 Trench CW plan

Figure 7.11 Trench CW section S-N

Figure 7.12 Trench CW stratigraphic sequence

Figure 7.13 Trench I northern part, west side of hollow way to ford

Figure 7.14 Trench I southern part, west side of hollow way to ford

Figure 7.15 Trench I, west side of hollow way

Figure 7.16 Trench I, stratigraphic sequence

Figure 7.17 Trench III plan and section

Figure 7.18 Trench III, southern part, plan and section

Figure 7.19 Trench III, stratigraphic sequence

Figure 7.20 Kirkdale including the South Field, map, looking east (traced from AP 12691/01, 14.09.96)

Figure 7.21 The South Field plan

Figure 7.22 The South Field excavation, plan and section

Human Bones

Figure 8.1 Representation of skeletal elements amongst the Kirkdale assemblage calculated as a percentage of the expected number of elements in 100 complete skeletons

Figure 8.2 Mortality profile for the complete Kirkdale population

Figure 8.3 Mortality profile for the immature individuals from Kirkdale

Figure 8.4 Survivorship amongst the Kirkdale population compared to model life tables for 'west' females with life expectancies of 20 and 30 years (Coale and Demeny 1966)

Figure 8.5 Biological sex profile of adults by age at death at Kirkdale

Figure 8.6 Peg-shaped right M3 in an individual from KD Trench TP, AP

Figure 8.7 Extensive dental pathology in individual KD Trench TP, AE.

Figure 8.8 Degenerative changes to the bones of the hand in skeleton KD Trench TP, V. Left, available elements of both hands. Right, lateral view of ankylosed phalanges. Note the ankylosis, with angulation, of all three phalanges on the right image and th

Figure 8.9 Radiograph of fused phalanges from skeleton KD Trench TP, V. Superior-inferior view showing advanced degree of ankylosis with sclerotic areas and penetration of the sinus into the medullary cavity (red arrow)

Figure 8.10 Suspected well-healed fracture of the diaphysis of a right 5th metacarpal from KD Trench TP, AO

Figure 8.11 Radiograph of right 5th metacarpal from KD Trench TP, AO showing no evidence of fracture line

Figure 8.12 Dysplastic coronoid process and associated joint modification to the temporo-mandibular joint from individual KD Trench TP, V

Figure 8.13 T2, 3, 4, 5 from skeleton KD Cutting ND/NE, K showing various pathologies discussed in the text. Right image is the same vertebrae rearticulated to show anterior kyphosis resulting from the injury

Figure 8.14 Left femoral head of an individual from KD Trench TP, Y. Left image: medial aspect showing extended joint with severe degenerative joint disease and grove from position of ligamentum teres

right image posterior aspect showing completely flatt

Figure 8.15 Complete femur from KD Trench TP, Y showing dysplastic femoral head and overall gracility of the element

The Artefacts

Figure 9.1 ST 34

Figure 9.2 GL 6

Figure 9.3a ST 12

Figure 9.3b Reconstruction of ST 12

Figure 9.4 ST 23

Figure 9.5a ST 7

Figure 9.5b ST 7 redrawn from Frank 1888, 136

Figure 9.6 ST 8

Figure 9.7 Suggested reconstruction of the designs of ST 7 and ST 8

Figure 9.8 GL 2

Figure 9.9 OM 3

Figure 9.10 ST 17

Figure 9.11 ST 15

Figure 9.12 ST 20

Figure 9.13 ST 26

Figure 9.14 ST 22.

Figure 9.15 ST 22, incisions on tapering end

Figure 9.16 ST 22, incisions near butt end

Figure 9.17 ST 24 + ST 25

Figure 9.18 ST 19

Figure 9.19 Reconstruction of arch from ST 19

Figure 9.20 ST 28

Figure 9.21 CA 4

Figure 9.22 ST 18

Figure 9.23 ST 21

Figure 9.24 ST 36

Figure 9.25 Roof tile from Cutting NE, C

Figure 9.26 Trench II pottery illustrations 1-10

Figure 9.27 Trench II pottery illustrations 11-20

Figure 9.28 Trench II pottery illustrations 21-29

Figure 9.29 Trench II pottery illustrations 30-38

Figure 9.30 GL 9

Figure 9.31 CA 5, IR 18, OM 15

Figure 9.32 IR 13, IR 24a-d, IR 25

Figure 9.33 IR 23

Figure 9.34 OM 7

Overview and Interpretation

Figure 10.1 Church Master Periods ?II-VI

Figure 10.2 Model of potential relationships between Lastingham, Kirkbymoorside and Kirkdale in the earlier-middle Anglo-Saxon periods

Figure 10.3 Kirkdale - radiocarbon dates

Figure 10.4 Yorkshire estates held by Orm Gamalson, before Hugh, son of Baldric, in Domesday Book

List of Plates

Plate 1.1 Aerial photograph of the valley (Crown copyright)

Plate 1.2 The church and north churchyard wall, with the Hodge Beck in the background

Plate 1.3 The sundial above the south door

Plate 1.4 The south side of the church as depicted by Brooke 1779

Plate 1.5 Recording the tower

Plate 1.6 School party inspecting sarcophagus

Plate 2.1 Trench ST, final

Plate 2.2 Trench TP, from SW

Plate 2.3 Trench TP, Grave AO

Plate 2.5 Trench TP, sarcophagus and charnel beneath

Plate 2.4 Trench TP, Grave AP 'brain'

Plate 2.6 Trench TP, charnel in sarcophagus

Plate 2.7 Trench TP, incisions investigating earlier wall

Plate 3.1 Cutting NB, Burial S and walling above

Plate 3.2 Cuttings ND/NE, final

The South Exterior.

Plate 4.1 Nave south exterior, final of nave/chancel junction.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781789694833

1789694833

OCLC:

1273973476