SECTION 2.2.1
CLAYDON PIKE LONGDOLES FIELD: ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE LATE
IRON AGE TO LATE ROMAN SETTLEMENT
Introduction
An extensive series of cropmarks, spread over an area of approximately
8.75 ha known as Longdoles Field, lay about 100 m south-west of the
middle Iron Age settlement in Warrens Field, on the other side of a
substantial palaeochannel (Fig.
2.2.1: Trench plan of Longdoles Field ). These cropmarks were targeted
for excavation and salvage recording, which revealed evidence for a
sequence of occupation dating from the late Iron Age to the medieval
period. Most of the archaeological features lay within the main excavation
trenches, 13, 17, 19, 27 and 29 (Fig.
2.2.2: Composite
plans of main excavation trenches in Londoles Field),
which covered an area of about 1.3 ha.
An outline of the phasing for activity within the main excavation trenches
in Longdoles Field is presented in Figs. 2.2.3
-2, -3a,
-3b,
-3c,
-3d,
-4a,
-4b,
-4c,
-4d:
Longdoles Field Settlement: Outline of the main phasing .