Brookes, SJ;
Baker, J;
(2015)
Signalling Intent: Beacons, Lookouts and Military Communications.
In: Clegg Hyer, M and Owen-Crocker, G, (eds.)
Built Environment of Anglo-Saxon England.
(pp. 255-300).
Liverpool University Press: Liverpool, UK.
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Abstract
Beacons and lookouts played a key role in the networks of local and regional communications of Anglo-Saxon England during the Viking Age (ninth to eleventh centuries). While the large fortified centres of the period are well known, the nature of interconnections between them and smaller-scale local arrangements have only recently received attention. Written evidence, place-names and landscape archaeology together allow for the reconstruction of elements of signalling and sighting systems. This contribution presents the historical evidence for beacons, discusses the context within which beacons and lookouts developed and draws upon a series of case studies to reveal local systems of communication in the landscape of Anglo-Saxon England.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Signalling Intent: Beacons, Lookouts and Military Communications |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/books/i... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Anglo-Saxon, Beacons, Landscape Archaeology, Place-Names |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1471709 |
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