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St Nicholas’ School, Taplow. Saxons – how do we know about them?. Saxons – how we know about them. Writing – e.g. Anglo-Saxon Chronicles Excavation – e.g. Taplow Saxon barrow Objects – e.g. Sutton Hoo helmet. Writing. Domesday Book.
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St Nicholas’ School, Taplow Saxons – how do we know about them?
Saxons – how we know about them • Writing – e.g. Anglo-Saxon Chronicles • Excavation – e.g. Taplow Saxon barrow • Objects – e.g. Sutton Hoo helmet
Writing Domesday Book Roger holds Taplow from the Bishop [of Bayeux]. It answers for 8 hides and 1 virgate. Land for 16 ploughs; in lordship 1. 18 villagers with 4 smallholders have 15 ploughs. 2 slaves; from the fishery 1,000 eels; meadow for 1 plough; woodland, 700 pigs. Total value £8; when acquired 60s; before 1066 £9. Asgot, Earl Harold's man, held this manor; there a man of Archbishop Stigand's also had 1 hide; he could sell.
Excavating Taplow burial mound
Excavating Orchard Site, Walton
Objects Grave goods at Taplow
Objects From Sutton Hoo, for comparison
How do archaeologists know where to dig? • Upstanding earthworks – like Taplow barrow • Aerial photography • Finds on the surface • Geophysical survey