SNN106547 - Archaeological Excavation at the Mount, Alderton July-August 2009: Assessment report and proposals for further excavation

Three week programme of excavation on a raised platform within the eastern side of the Alderton Mount. The excavation demonstrated that the platform was constructed in the first half of the 12th century and that a stone building, which stood in the southern part of the platform, went out of use in the 14th century. At the south west side of the excavation a deep robber trench suggesting the former presence of a defensive wall of building was found. Further excavation is proposed over two seasons in 2010 and 2011 to shed further light upon the structural remains found so far.