Saunders, B. (2021). Yatesfield, Otterburn Training Camp Northumberland Archaeological Evaluation. Wessex Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1100270. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Yatesfield, Otterburn Training Camp Northumberland Archaeological Evaluation
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Abstract:		 Community excavation of a series of trenches within a possible Iron Age or Romano-British enclosed settlement at Yatesfield, Otterburn, Northumberland and a preliminary earthworks survey. The earthwork survey had recorded the overall layout of the area of investigation, and the interpretation of these features has been refined following evaluation trenching. An enclosed settlement contained at least two circular hut platforms, probably the locations of roundhouses. To the east were agricultural terraces and further roundhouses, and to the west was another roundhouse. Field systems continue nearby. The evaluation revealed that one of the enclosed circular hut platforms probably had tamped clay floors laid down over a surface of cobblestones and earth. The enclosure itself was defined by a large stone wall along the south side that became an earth and stone bank in the east. The uneven topography of the site had been prepared with a series of cuts and areas of levelling making up terraces. A deposit of organic-rich material covering the stone flagged floor of one of the roundhouses contained charred plant remains which returned a Late Iron Age to Romano-British radiocarbon date of 40 cal BC–cal AD 130 (UBA-46394, 1965±26 BP). The charred plant remains assemblage was consistent with this date.These structures, while only partially uncovered, appear similar in construction and date to the Late Iron Age/Romano-British enclosure and roundhouses excavated at Rattenraw Farm approx. 1.5 miles to the south-west (The Archaeological Practice 2019), although the trenches did not contain the relatively rich artefactual evidence recovered from the Rattenraw excavations.The evaluation has produced insufficient stratigraphic and dating information to reveal the sequence of development on the site and the relative phasing of the structures is unclear.The internal layout of the settlement enclosure may be more complex than is currently understood as the bracken that covered the area made identifying any smaller earthworks difficult.
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Author:		 Ben Saunders ORCID icon
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Publisher:		 Wessex Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2021
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Parish: Rochester
County: Northumberland
Country: England
District: Northumberland
Grid Reference: 386929, 596659 (Easting, Northing)
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IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
SHEEP FOLD (Monument Type England)
IRON AGE CULTIVATION TERRACE (Tag)
HUT CIRCLE (Monument Type England)
ENCLOSED HUT CIRCLE SETTLEMENT (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN BANK (EARTHWORK) (Tag)
IRON AGE HUT CIRCLE (Tag)
BANK (EARTHWORK) (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL SHEEP FOLD (Tag)
CULTIVATION TERRACE (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
IRON AGE ENCLOSED HUT CIRCLE SETTLEMENT (Tag)
MEASURED SURVEY (Event)
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OASIS Id: wessexar1-426198
OBIB: 247270.04
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Created Date:		 12 Oct 2022