Taylor, A. and Woodward, P. J. (1983). Excavations at Roxton, Bedfordshire, 1972-1974 The Post-Bronze Age Settlement. Bedfordshire Archaeology Volume 16 1983. Vol 16, Bedfordshire Archaeological Council. pp. 7-28.
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Excavations at Roxton, Bedfordshire, 1972-1974 The Post-Bronze Age Settlement | |||
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Bedfordshire Archaeology Volume 16 1983 | |||
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Bedfordshire Archaeology | |||
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7 - 28 | |||
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The excavation of a cropmark complex (TL 157535) south of Roxton village concentrated on the examination of five ring ditches, and parts of a system of associated rectilinear enclosures and other features. The ring ditches were shown to be ploughed-out burial mounds of Bronze Age date. These and their associated settlement will be described in a later paper. The Bronze Age earthworks began to be ploughed during the Iron Age. They were bounded on the east in the first century B.C. by a palisaded defensive ditch laid across the floodplain of the river. To the east of this boundary, field enclosures were laid out. A second series of small field enclosures for arable and stock were organised across the cemetery site, probably in the first century A.D. Ploughing of these ditched fields during this period continued to remove the external banks and fill the ditches of the burial mounds. This farming was probably seasonal and discontinuous, and the enclosures could be regarded as the 'out-fields' of a 'farm' possibly at some distance. By the middle of the first century A.D. the' palisaded ditch had been totally filled, and during the second century A.D. the field system was substantially modified to accommodate a habitation area at the centre of the field unit. However, the structural and material evidence suggested that this accommodation was temporary, and the occupation short and seasonal. Use of the fields for arable continued after this short occupation. There was also slight evidence to suggest the presence of a 'Celtic shrine' nearby. Two hearths, carbon-dated to the fourth-sixth century A.D., cut into the upper plough-wash silts of two of the ring ditches, indicating re-use in the post-Roman period. All traces of these earthworks were finally removed during the medieval period. | |||
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28 Apr 2023 |
