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This report describes the excavation of the South Transept of the church of the Cistercian Abbey of Bordesley, Redditch, Worcestershire, in the parish of Tardebigge (Dickins 1931, Price 1971). The stratigraphical and structural sequence of the transept is discussed fro m the builders' levels of the years following c. 1140 to the dissolution of the Abbey in 1538. Three main periods of building have been de monstrated, of c.1140, c.1200 and c.1300. After this there Is evidence of declining standards of flooring and building, including the repeated raising of floor levels, apparently in response to severe flooding. Graves were found in the transept and in the central side-chapel; wood and stone coffins were found, the for mer in good preservation. Other finds include pottery, glass, metal, and floor and roof tiles, as well as carved stone.

This re-publication of The Saxon and Medieval Palaces at Cheddar has been prompted by the unavailability of the original, published over a quarter of a century ago. Unlike much historical scholarship, the archaeological report on a site is primary data and therefore needs itself to be read before turning to re-interpretations. It is also appropriate in the context of the recent re-evaluation of the British and Saxon palace of Yeavering, after a similar interval since publication. In the intervening years since publication, This volume has frequently been cited and reviewed, not least as the most extensively-excavated of the royal complexes of the pre-Conquest period.Written by Philip Rahtz, edited by S.M. HirstWith contributions by F. W. Anderson, L. Biek, G. C. Boon, D. Charlesworth, R. H. M. Dolley, E. Eames, J. Evans, A. Garrard, I. H. Goodall, G. W. Green, W. Greenwood, B. Hartley, P. Hembry, E. Higgs, F. Neale, D. P. S. Peacock, R. Powers, J. T. Smith, R. Tylecote, D. Walsh, D. M. Wilson