Work on these provides direct evidence of medieval agricultural practice, to be compared with the local historical evidence. The site was also sampled extensively for charred plant remains and, unusually for Warwickshire with its slightly acid soils, a large assemblage of animal bone was collected. One of the identified properties was recognised as a smithy during the excavation and a pioneering sampling and analysis of the ironworking evidence was carried out. The well-preserved remains, protected under demolition rubble, included a door jamb, inscribed with the name of a tenant family ‘Gormand’, which suggests a degree of functional literacy for the tenants that could not previously have been assumed. Over 20 complete plans of houses and outbuildings were recorded, mostly in stone, but exhibiting a range of building techniques and representing the largest such site ever examined in the Midlands. The main period of occupation lasted from the mid-13th century to the late 15th century. The open area excavations at Southend investigated parts of ten medieval properties. The only building in the village to survive was the 13th-century chapel of St James, reduced, along with an adjacent post-medieval priest’s house, to a cowshed until conversion in the 1990s. Southend survived as earthworks in pasture until the construction of the M40 motorway prompted its archaeological excavation. The settlement initially prospered but declined throughout the 15th century and is recorded as depopulated by 1497. It includes the site of a market promoted by the manorial lord Bartholomew de Sudeley, with a charter obtained in 1267. It describes the archaeological evidence for the founding and desertion of the medieval village of Southend, one of five medieval settlements in Burton Dassett parish. The excavation work was carried out by the Warwickshire County Council Museum Service and the report has been financed by Historic England. – KarenĪs a side note, the cover of Illuminate by Aimee Agresti would certainly lend itself well to the Teen Program in a Box on Angel Covers.The book – Burton Dassett Southend, Warwickshire – A Medieval Market Village (Routledge) by Nicholas Palmer and Jonathan Parkhouse – describes at length the results of an archaeological excavation that took place in advance of the construction of the M40 through Warwickshire in the late 1980s. Fans of the Hush Hush series by Becca Fitzpatrick and the Fallen series by Lauren Kate will be lining up to read this. The only quibble one could have with Illuminate is that it is perhaps a tad too long there were a few moments where the pacing languished which was a shame because those moments that sizzled with excitement did so to the nth degree. Some of the other characters take interesting turns as well, surprising you in ways you don’t expect.Īgresti can turn some powerful phrases and is clearly a talented writer. Haven is a thoughtful, intelligent character who begins with a bit of naivete’ but slowly is forced to make decisions that help her build courage and strength. Illuminate is a compelling story about destiny, good versus evil, and the path we take to come into our own. ![]() She has an important part to play, but she is not the only one. The pages empty at first, they slowly begin to fill with words and guide her journey. ![]() Haven’s journey is guided in part by a mysterious book she finds. ![]() Evil can not survive without food after all. She is surrounded by a posse of minions known as The Outfit, a group of strikingly beautiful teens who seem to possess a sort of docile hive mind they know their place and they stay in it for reasons that slowly unravel and are part of the core of Illuminate’s mystery. She commands a room and holds its attention. She is a modern day Maleficent, assured and possessing a strong, evil grace that is difficult to ignore. She schemes, she plots and she does not appreciate it when things don’t go her way. Aurelia is the type of villain who ripples with an evil malice just under the surface. Haven is being mentored personally by the hotel owner Aurelia.
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