Regarding the question/comments below.
 
I would also check out things written by *Robert Blair St. George*.  I have
heard him lecture about--I believe they're spelled--"bawns" in Britain
and their relationship to early American architecture.  Sorry I can't
give a citation to a published piece.
 
I think part of Charlie Hodges's interest in this type of architecture
comes from his time at *Flowerdew Hundred*--can't hurt to check out Jim
Deetz's book.  I think Hodges has something in T. Reinhard and D. Pogue's
*The Archaeology of 17th Century Virginia* (or some similar title) on
fortified VA architecture.
 
good luck,
 
Anna
 
 Kevin M Bartoy wrote:
 
> > steve boxley wrote:
> > All,
> >    We are currently excavating a site in Virginia that in layout is
> > looking like a medieval domestic enclosure!  It contains many post set
> > structures around the inside perimeter of a palisade, with a smaller
> > palisade within.  It is similiar, but on a smaller scale, to the South
> > Witham (Lincs.) site illustrated in Colin Platt's "Medieval England"
> > book(page 61).  It dates to the mid-to-late 17th century.  I am wondering
> > if there are any 17th-century examples of this type of domestic enclosure
> > in Britain.  Yes, I know there were no Indians there!
 
> Steve-
>
> I would contact Charlie Hodges. I believe he is still in the grad program
> at William and Mary. He has been looking into a comparison of enclosed
> "bonns" (??) in  N. Ireland and Virginia. I would also like to hear more
> about this project. Please send me info off list.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kevin M. Bartoy
 
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