Monument record 0742600000 - OA sites 214 and 215

Geophysical survey carried out by Bartlett-Clark Consultancy in October-November 2010 identified a possible rectangular enclosure subdivided into rectangular and curvilinear enclosures defined by relatively faint positive anomalies. Further ditched enclosures were identified just to the north and are presumably associated. The anomalies suggest that archaeological features may be buried beneath alluvium. Interpreted as a possible Iron Age or Romano-British farmstead (B1).
A small quantity of prehistoric pottery of broadly middle Bronze Age to early Iron Age date was recovered from three locations across Area D. The nature of the activity represented is difficult to determine given its dispersed distribution, but it certainly indicates the utilisation of the landscape during this period. A focus of securely Roman period activity is present in the south-eastern part of Area. In Trench 65, a possible demolition layer, perhaps from a collapsed stone wall, produced large quantities finds, including pottery, nails, ceramic building material, glass and personal items (hobnails and a dress pin). The presence of the possible demolition layer and a quantity of tile (including tegula, imbrex, tubulus and brick) strongly suggests that a building of Roman date is located in this area, set in a series of enclosures and fields. The range and type of material indicates that it was probably a farmstead of moderate status. The pottery evidence suggests that the main period of activity was focused on the 2nd century AD but continued into the late 3rd and perhaps even the 4th century. It is not clear whether there was any continuity with the late Iron Age or early Roman activity described above, but this must be a possibility (B2).