Middle Iron Age settlement at Buildings Farm (EHER 9991)

Excavation of a middle Iron Age settlement - recorded by aerial photography on March 22nd 1993 and excavated that same year.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Excavation of middle Iron Age settlement, and Roman agricultural activity - recorded by aerial photography on March 22nd 1993. <1> The proposed development of a retail store on the site of the Newton Works factory provided the opportunity to undertake a watching brief close to the Roman road between Dunmow and Bishop Stortford. Local metal detectorists had made finds of Roman material in this area previously, although their exact location is unknown. Several visits were made to the site during November and December 1992. A large part of the site had been destroyed during the construction of the factory with extensive levelling. No evidence of any occupation was found on the site. <2> Excavations at Buildings Farm in 1993. A middle Iron Age settlement and a Romano-British settlement of the 1st-4th centuries were excavated. Evidence was also found of a late Iron Age field system, and in a watching brief of prehistoric flints and pottery. <3> - <5> Area = 4 See also: <6>