Carmarthen Castle : the archaeology of government : the results of archaeological, historical and architectural investigation, 1993-2006 /: the archaeology of government : the results of archaeological, historical and architectural investigation, 1993-2006. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Neil Ludlow ; foreword by Eifion Bowen, Kenneth Murphy.
• Authors: Ludlow, Neil
• Other Names: Bowen, Eifion writer of introduction.; Murphy, Kenneth writer of introduction.
• Contents: Cover; Foreword by Eifion Bowen, Carmarthenshire County Council; Foreword by Kenneth Murphy, Dyfed Archaeological Trust; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1 INTRODUCTION: 'A CERTAIN GOOD DONJON'; A brief overview; Historiography; Location, setting and early settlement; An introductory description; 2 CARMARTHEN CASTLE AND ITS PLACE IN MEDIEVAL WALES; Origins; Politics and war; A centre of government; The motte and shell-keep; The castle in the landscape; 3 THE PHYSICAL REMAINS; The curtain walls and towers; The Great Gatehouse and bridge The castle interiorThe gaol wall, yard and Old Police Station; 4 RECONSTRUCTING THE CASTLE; Phase 1: The timber castle, 1106-1180; Phase 2: The shell-keep, 1181-1222?; Phase 3: The masonry defences, 1223-1240; Phase 4: Buildings for the king, 1241-1278; Phase 5: More accommodation, 1279-1300; Phase 6: Buildings for government, 1301-1408; Phase 7: Damage and rebuilding, 1409-c.1550; Social organisation: the castle as a residence; 5 DIVISION, DEMOLITION AND DEVELOPMENT: THE POST-MEDIEVAL CASTLE; Decline: the late sixteenth/mid-seventeenth century Slighting: from Civil War to Restoration, 1642-1660The late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; The new County Gaol, 1789-1868; The late nineteenth-century gaol and County Hall, 1868-1993; 6 POTTERY AND OTHER FINDS; Pottery and glass (Paul Courtney and Dee Williams); Organics and metalwork from medieval deposits (Mark Redknap); Small finds from post-medieval deposits (Mark Redknap, Dee Williamsand Edward Besly); 7 EPILOGUE: THE CASTLE REDISCOVERED; The castle in the present; The castle in the future; Appendix: Documented Development; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover
• Publisher Details: Cardiff [Wales] : University of Wales Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (434 pages), illustrations, tables, photographs
• Subjects: 936.29; Castles -- Wales -- Carmarthen; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Wales -- Carmarthen; Fouilles (Archéologie) -- Pays de Galles -- Carmarthen; Antiquities; Castles; Excavations (Archaeology); Wales -- Antiquities; Wales -- History; Carmarthen (Wales) -- Antiquities; Carmarthen (Wales) -- History; Pays de Galles -- Antiquités; Pays de Galles -- Histoire; Wales; Wales -- Carmarthen; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781783160136; 1783160136; 9781783162000; 1783162007
• Related ISBNs: 9781783160129
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 10, 2014).
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