Iron Age settlement at Parcel B, land west of Isabel Drive (EHER 801131)

The earliest excavated remains comprised of an Iron Age enclosure, boundary ditches and a possible roundhouse. Following the abandonment of the enclosure, the land was reorganised during the Iron Age into field systems. Contemporaneous features included a four-post structure and 21 pits infilled with burnt stone.

June to December 2021. Evaluation and excavation The archaeological investigations at Parcel B produced evidence for human activity from the Iron Age onwards. The earliest remains comprised an Iron Age enclosure, boundary ditches and a possible roundhouse. Although the enclosure was only partially revealed within the excavation area, it appeared to have a distinctive shape in plan, and is likely to have been used as a small-scale paddock. Following the abandonment of the enclosure, the land within Parcel B was reorganised during the Iron Age into field systems. Contemporaneous features included a four-post structure and 21 pits infilled with burnt stone. The pits containing burnt stones showed no signs of in-situ burning, and the stones within these pits, primarily small sandstone cobbles, are likely to have been ‘pot-boilers’. The Iron Age settlement appears to have been abandoned during the 1st century BC. <1>