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Project

Little Flanders beyond Wales. A landscape archaeological contribution to the discussion of Flemish influence on settlement landscapes in the British Isles.
Code
01D27716
Duration
01 November 2016 → 31 August 2021
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Humanities and the arts
    • Archaeology
    • Theory and methodology of archaeology
    • Other history and archaeology
Keywords
landscape archeology Middle Ages English Geographic and map based Surveys Field research Belgium Northern Europe Western Europe History Archaeology
 
Project description
 

Around 1107, Flemings moved to Wales to plant settlements with striking similarities to those in Flanders. This research will use a cross-disciplinary landscape archeological approach to understand how Flemish planning traditions were modified in response to traditions and environments outside Flanders. For the first time, the emigration out of medieval Flanders will be studied in an archeological and landscape perspective.