Late Iron Age to Roman field system at land at Station Road (EHER 48393)

The 2013 archaeological evaluation found indications of a late Iron Age and Roman occupation.

2013. Trial trenching. The evaluation has revealed that archaeological features survive on site mostly in the form of ditches and gullies with a small number of pits present. One cremation deposit was undated, but presumably of prehistoric or Roman date. The features are all to be found on the western side of the site. Several of the features contained pottery dating evidence with the late Iron Age and Roman periods. Certain and possible Roman features are fewer in number and are well dispersed across the western side of the site. However, three of the features are dated only by single sherds of pottery which could easily be residual and thus their dating is not secure. At most, the evidence suggests that the land was farmed and manured in the Roman period probably with some field enclosure or property boundaries present. Contemporary occupation sites would appear to lie elsewhere. The late Iron Age is represented in a similar fashion to the Roman period but with one shallow pit to accompany four linear features. Two of the linear features contained only one or two pottery sherds and again these could be residual in features of later date, whereas the pit and two other linear features produced more pottery. These probable and possible Iron Age features along with another stray sherd of pottery are all located in the north central zone. However, it is unclear if these deposits reflect the presence of a late Iron Age settlement on the site itself or simply lying adjacent to one. <1>