| Abstract: |
A detailed gradiometry survey was conducted over approximately 137 hectares of mixed arable farmland and pasture. An area of late prehistoric or Roman settlement activity has been identified in the south-east along with further areas of Iron Age or Roman occupation across the site, with complex series of anomalies comprising linear and curvilinear features, subrectangular enclosures, ring ditches and backfilled pits. A Bronze Age barrow cemetery has been identified in the centre of the site and comprises five ring ditches. A field system has also been identified, which may be contemporary with the settlements on the site. Further linear anomalies and small discrete anomalies may be of archaeological origin, however their exact origin cannot be determined with confidence. Evidence of ridge and furrow, modern ploughing, former field boundaries, and a trackway indicate that the site has been used for agricultural purposes since the medieval period. The remaining features are natural or modern in origin with the modern features including a possible former pond, underground services, scattered magnetic debris, areas of made ground, an electric fence line, and magnetic disturbance from nearby ferrous metal objects. |
