1 Various air photographs.
2 Possible Saxon palace site of 2-3 ha in extent on the S end of a spur overlooking the Avon. Two charters of 781 exist. Information on ...
Linear features are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. Subsequent excavation and radiocarbon dating have confirmed that this is an Anglo Saxon settlement, possibly a palace, dating to the Migration period. It is situated 500m north east of Boscobel.
1 Probably the more likely location of Dodda’s Ford, mentioned in a charter of AD 985. At this point a routeway crossed the Avon to run towards Hampton Lucy.
The possible site of a ford. It is mentioned as Dodda's Ford in a 10th century charter. The ford was situated on the eastern edge of Alverston.