More information : Excavations in 1935 revealed an "IA farm", the coins and pottery of which seem to indicate occupation just before and just after the Claudian invasion. (See illustration card for plan). (1) Site 'A', (TQ25751094) consisted of a 'circular hut site', surrounded by a shallow ditch, associated with pits. Site 'B' (TQ 25601065), consisted of 7 pits, some of which contained pottery; one also contained two coins (Epaticcus & Claudius), and another, a coin of Marcus Aurelius. (2) No visible remains. The site lies on open turf-covered downland. (3)
Additional reference. (4)
Scheduled. (5)
TQ 2569 1072) Extensive Romano-British settlement and field system surviving as earthworks in pasture immediately south-west of Devil's Dyke hillfort (TQ 21 SE 3). The earthworks appear to have been slightly degraded by historic ploughing and have been further confused by 19th- and 20th-century golf course earthworks. The test pits excavated in 1935, which recovered Romano-British material, appear to have encountered individual elements of this. (6) |