Late Iron Age to Roman field system at land at Stanford Road, Stanford-le-Hope (EHER 80900)

Given the presence of a Roman road and a Roman cemetery nearby, it seems likely that this location was farmland, presumably associated with a rural Roman settlement. Any further remains of a field system appear to lie outside the site.

October 2019. Trial trenching. A narrow gully/ditch of apparent late Iron Age or early Roman date, located in Trenches 4, 14 and likely 18, probably represents some form of agriculture related drainage or minor land boundary. The recutting/enlargement of the earlier gully/ditch by an adjacent ditch of more definite Roman, found in the same trenches, demonstrates continued low-level agricultural use of the site during the Roman period. Given the presence of a Roman road and a Roman cemetery nearby, it seems likely that this location was farmland, presumably associated with a rural Roman settlement. Any further remains of a field system appear to lie outside the site. <1>