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Norman Town
Writing in the mid 12th century, the author of The Deeds of Stephen described Exeter thus:
Exeter is a large town, with very ancient walls built by the Roman emperors, the fourth place, they say, in England, abundantly supplied with fish from the sea, and meat as well, and with a flourishing shipping trade. There is a castle in it raised on a very high mound surrounded by an impregnable wall and fortified with towers of hewn limestone constructed by the emperors.
Gandy Street
St Mary Major church
The first seal of the Cathedral Chapter
St Martin’s Church
The parishes of central Exeter
Bone tools used in textile production
A metalworker’s crucible
Late Saxon imported ceramics
Plan of Norman Exeter
An aerial photograph of Rougemont Castle in 1989
Rougemont Castle Gatehouse
The flat–headed arches in the gatehouse
Drawing of Rougemont Castle gatehouse
Rougemont Castle earthworks
Aerial view of the excavation at Danes Castle
Archaeologists removing the last fills of the Danes Castle ditch
Artist’s impression of Danes Castle
View of central Exeter from St Leonards
View of the south tower following recent repairs
Reconstruction of St Nicholas Priory, Exeter
The Undercroft of St Nicholas Priory
Reconstruction of the lavabo at St Nicholas Priory
Architectural fragment from St Nicholas Priory
Part of a Norman arch from the Norman House in Preston Street
A fragment of a Norman doorway
A fragment of a Norman arcade
St Mary Arches
Capital from the Black Lion Inn, South Street, Exeter
Fragments of a late Norman arcade
The South Gate of Exeter
The Common Seal of Exeter
A Seal Impression
The Entrance to the Bishop’s Palace
An imported North French Jug
A Normandy cooking pot
A ’blue–grey’ ladle
Two imported French jugs
A wooden spade
A series of bone whistles
Examples of 12th–century coarse pottery
A Norman stone lamp
Coins struck by Norman kings at Exeter
Casting a bell for Mary Major Church
Plan of the Norman city
View of the Rougemont castle gatehouse
A detail of the doorway arch of the gatehouse
Long–and–short quoins in the castle gatehouse
Reconstruction of the appearance of the Norman cathedral
The groin–vaulted cellar room at St Nicholas Priory
A detail of a scalloped Norman capital
Two shaft fragments from the cloister of St Nicholas Priory
Norman capital from the St Nicholas Priory lavabo
Decorated bone panels
Buckle fragment
Exeter Cathedral nave from the high vaults
