Today we took an hour and half train ride to Kingsley from Kings station, to do an over night trip in Norwich. Before leaving we saw the platform 9 3/4 from Harry Potter.
The main focus of this day was archeology. We saw several deserted mid evil villages. The first was at Godwick. We learned that these villages were deserted for 3 reasons, Black Death, wealthy family's evading and forcing the villagers out and sheep farming. The site was quite interesting, from a plain eye's view it appeared to be just a grassy field with "bumps and lumps", which actually represented where buildings and roads were previously.
The only buildings that were actually still visible were the barn and ruins of the church. The barn had been some what renovated and is now being used and rented for events. The church was unrecognizable besides the far window but stood as the mid point of the village. The church ruins was one of the first up close examples of flint being used, which was a really common in other buildings in Norwich.
The remainder of the day was spent in a small village where our guide, Hellen Patterson, lived. There, she showed us ruins of a Cluniac Priory and Norman Castle. We toured a small museum which we could see many artifacts and maps/diagrams of how the two were thought to have been like during their time standing.
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