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The Apotropaic Symbolled Threshold to Nevern Castle—Castell Nanhyfer

Caple, C.

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C. Caple



Abstract

Excavations in the summer of 2011 at Nevern Castle (Castell Nanhyfer) revealed a previously unknown southern entrance to the castle constructed of clay mortared slate in the final quarter of the twelfth century. The threshold was formed of vertically seated slates, imitating the natural bedrock. Thirteen of these slates had designs inscribed into one or both faces. Their location, the absence of such inscribed slates from the rest of the site and the nature of the symbols, which could not normally be seen, suggests that they were apotropaic in nature. This paper presents a record and interpretation of this unusual in situ apotropaic-symbolled threshold deposit.

Citation

Caple, C. (2012). The Apotropaic Symbolled Threshold to Nevern Castle—Castell Nanhyfer. Archaeological Journal, 169(1), 422-452. https://doi.org/10.1080/00665983.2012.11020920

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2012
Deposit Date Apr 18, 2012
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Archaeological Journal
Print ISSN 0066-5983
Electronic ISSN 2373-2288
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 169
Issue 1
Pages 422-452
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/00665983.2012.11020920

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