ABSTRACT
The perimeter slope of the raised ground, composed of sand and gravel moraine, was clearly defined in the resistivity survey (see Figure 3.2) but excavation revealed that it had been reshaped on the north, west and east, probably over a very long period of time, and this, together with the ploughing which had deeply disturbed the site in places, made sequencing difficult. The initial resistance survey showed a clear line of high resistance running roughly east to west in the north of the site (Figures 3.2 and 3.3) and since this suggested a cemetery perimeter, the area was tested for this supposition in the first season. It is true that no burials were found to the north of the ragged stone walling which this feature turned out to be, but there is some doubt that its primary purpose was to serve as the cemetery perimeter. It proved to be a complex structure and was certainly a construction of several phases, which was preceded by a ditch, and which cut through earlier occupation in that area (see below). This area was excavated in 1979, 1980 and 1981, but because of the complexity of the church and cemetery to the south, and the necessity to complete these in the available time, the area between grids 195 and 210, immediately north and south of the wall was not taken down to natural (Figure 7.1).
