Continuing monitoring and excavation by G Hayman of SCAU in the area located to the south of previous work undertaken during the previous three years. This phase of the work revealed a wealth of features from the prehistoric through to the Roman. One of the most significant discoveries was a group of post holes, indicating the position of a roundhouse of probable Bronze Age origin. A number of pits and water holes were found in the same vicinity, and with the exception of one water hole of late Neolithic date, are probably of Bronze Age origin. Further Bronze Age features located elsewhere on the site included other water holes and isolated unurned cremation burials, and are likely to be broadly contemporary with the roundhouse, and the co-axial field system that is present. A poorly preserved inhumation burial was the only Iron Age feature discovered, though it is possible that contemporary remains lie beyond the limit of the excavation. Most of the Roman ditches belong to a complex field system that would have developed over a number of years, and extend into areas that are yet to be excavated and beyond. The Roman features are largely concentrated in the south-western corner of the area, and include a partial ring gully that almost certainly indicates the position of a structure, enclosures, and the corner of a rectangular structure identified by substantial post holes. The course of the structure, and other associated features, will be traced during the next phase of work.
Year:
2002
ID:
728
NGR:
TQ052720
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