EEN ONBEKEND STEENHUIS TE HEVESKES (GR.)

Samenvatting

In June 1993 a rescue excavation was car­ried out in the dwelling mound of the for­mer village of Heveskes. The northeastern part of the mound was being dug away to create an industrial site. It is clear that the mound was substantially enlarged in medie­val times. The oldest pottery sherds found on the spot dated from the 7th-8th century, although habitation in this area must have started at least by the first century AD. The site of a moated, medieval house was dis­covered. Defence structures like this are widespread and well known in the region, but in this case no documentary was avail­able. Material from the moat suggests that the house was built with large bricks, prob­ably in the 13th century, and was demolish­ed already in the 14th century.