Resistivity survey and excavation by G Rapson of a section of a cropmark, previously recorded as a possible Roman camp, revealed an Iron Age ditch. The section was located close to the entrance and contained charcoal-rich deposits, the lowest of which included a large variety of unabraded sherds of burnished pottery. Upper layers included bead rims and grey sandy wares of probable 1st century BC or 1st century AD date. A sample of well preserved animal bone, including the skull of a red deer stag from which the antlers had been sawn off, was recovered from the ditch. Also recovered were fragments of large triangular loom-weights and daub, a glass bead and part of a small clay disc depicting a plant. Initial pollen analysis was unsuccessful, but several charcoal fragments have been sent for analysis. Fieldwalking of the surrounding fields has recovered multi-period flint scatters including microliths, polished axe fragments, and barbed and tanged arrowheads. Lithic analysis suggests a high percentage of tools/waste, and therefore probable prehistoric (particularly Bronze Age) occupation in the area. The fieldwalking also revealed a concentrated scatter of abraded 3rd or 4th century AD pottery. (354, 355, 356)