SECTION 2.1.1
WARRENS FIELD: ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE MIDDLE IRON AGE SETTLEMENT

Introduction

The earliest activity at Claydon Pike was discovered approximately 100 m to the north-east of Longdoles Field, in an area called Warrens Field (Fig. 2.1.1: Location of Warrens Field settlement in relation to Longdoles Field ). Here a series of round house gullies and enclosures, ditches and pits were exposed, dating to the middle Iron Age. These features were located on three gravel islands separated by tributary palaeochannels. A network of Roman and post-medieval ditches traversed the area. Large excavation trenches were opened on each island to investigate the areas defined by cropmarks (Fig. 2.1.2: Trench plan of Warrens Field). Ceramic analysis has indicated that the settlement shifted from west to east during the middle Iron Age, with Island 3 representing the earliest occupation, and Island 1 the latest. The gravel islands were numbered according to the excavation sequence, but are here described in chronological order.  

 
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