More information : A probable Roman settlement was seen as cropmarks and mapped from
good quality air photographs. The settlement comprises a large main
enclosure, 60m wide, double-ditched on the northern side, and
subdivided. Within one of the subdivided sections is a small
circular enclosure, 8m in diameter, centred at SK 9240 5386. Within
another section is another enclosure, 32m by 20m, centred at SK
9240 5383. Attached to the outside of the main enclosure on the
south and east sides are three possible enclosures. Two are 20m by
10m, at SK 9245 5381 and SK 9238 5382. Crossing the latter is the
ditch of the third possible enclosure.
Also outside the main enclosure, but assumed to to be associated
with it, are two large pits, 10m long, at SK 9247 5386 and SK 9246
5379. There is a ditch running north east from the main enclosure
for 100m. The ditch appears to have five long pits along its course,
its function is not known. A pit alignment (defined by two lines of
pits) crosses the line of this ditch. It may pre or post date it and
is more fully recorded in SK 95 SW 26. There are a series of
enclosures to the south of this settlement which could be associated
with it, but have been recorded in SK 95 SW 28.
(Morph No. LI.723.2.1 - 2.8, 3.1)
This description is based on data from the RCHME MORPH2 database.
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