Curated Collection: Homes of Iron Age and Romans
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Resource identifiers
- ADS Collection: 7280
Overview
The collection is separated into three sections for the time periods: Iron Age, both Iron Age and Roman, and Roman.
Iron Age
Data from an Archaeological Excavation at Widmore Farm, Oxfordshire, 2020-2022 (HS2 Phase One)
This archive contains the evidence of up to eight Iron Age roundhouses with postholes and pits, as well as supplementary domestic finds. The archive includes many photos and GIS images which could be useful for a recreation/drawing activity.
Iron Age to Roman
Data from an Archaeological Recording at West Hyde, West Hyde Embankment, Northamptonshire, 2019-2022 (HS2 Phase One)
This archive contains excellent photos of the structural remains of an Iron Age roundhouse and two Roman structures. This archive would be extremely useful for a recreation activity, and learning the differences in dwelling structures between the two time periods, and the wider influences on domestic life.
Data from an Archaeological Recording at Fleet Marston Cottages and Putlowes, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, 2021-2022
This archive contains information on the discovered “Iron Age settlement site, the Roman road of Akeman Street and associated roadside plots and enclosures, a minor Roman road and its associated enclosures, and a late Roman cemetery”. The data includes many photos and photogrammetry of skeletons and burials.
Data from an Archaeological Recording at Southam North, Warwickshire, 2022 (HS2 Phase One)
Archive identifying a Roman settlement, inhabiting from 1st to 3rd C then abandoning in the 4th. Key finds include Roman domestic structures, a grain dryer, animal enclosures and an inhumation site, settlement is also close to Fosse Way.
Data from an Archaeological Recording at Stone House and Chipping Warden Airfield, Northamptonshire, 2020-2021 (HS2 Phase One)
This archive includes evidence of activity from the Late Neolithic period and early Bronze Age. Of interest for this curated collection, it also includes an Iron Age to Roman settlement, with pottery, a funerary enclosure, and animal remains suggesting agricultural economy. Also 2 possible roundhouses and 1 rectangular structure.
Data from a Trial Trenching at Boddington Heave, Wormleighton, Warwickshire, 2019-2022 (HS2 Phase One)
This archive contains data on 2 Prehistoric Late Iron Age to Roman multi-phase settlements and a Iron Age banjo enclosure (farming or ritual).
Butser Ancient Farm Project Archive 1972-2007
This archive contains the image collection and video material created by the Buster Ancient Farm Project. It aimed to demonstrate a British Iron Age farm and a Roman Villa, including photos of the recreational construction process. The data can be accessed through a query interface and would be advantageous for supporting any educational activities based on the Iron Age and Roman eras.
Roman
Data from a Construction Integrated Recording at Wendover Green Tunnel, Wendover, Buckinghamshire, 2022 (HS2 Phase One)
This archive includes a 3D model of a Roman kiln that may be a useful example when learning about Roman life. Additionally, the archive includes a Roman 1st Century military dagger.
