Alex Smith

BOOKS BY THIS CONTRIBUTOR

The Castle Hill Brickworks and Somerhill Estate

Alex Smith

Presents post-medieval discoveries from the A21 Tonbridge-to-Pembury scheme, including the Castle Hill Brickworks, Burgess Hill Farm and historic road remains on the Somerhill Estate. Excavation and building recording illuminate estate industry, agriculture and transport. READ MORE

Paperback: £30.00

Between Villa and Town: Excavations of a Roman Roadside Settlement and Shrine at Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire

Alex Smith

The settlement shifted in layout in the late 2nd–3rd centuries, with new roadside buildings and a gravel pavement, while a monumental shrine rose to the west. In the 3rd–4th centuries it expanded north and the shrine was abandoned. The site was deserted by the late 4th century, later seeing Saxon reuse among surviving Roman earthworks. READ MORE

Hardback: £19.99

Life and Death in a Roman City

ed. Alex Smith

Reports excavations at 120-122 London Road, Gloucester, revealing part of the Wotton Roman cemetery, including cremations, inhumations and a rare mass grave. The volume examines burial practice, human remains and evidence for life and death in the Roman city. READ MORE

Paperback: £30.00

Iron Age and Roman Settlement in the Upper Thames Valley

Alex Smith

This volume synthesises excavations from the Cotswold Water Park, centred on four rural settlements—most notably Claydon Pike—spanning the middle Iron Age to late Roman period, with some middle Saxon burials. It provides a wider landscape analysis of settlement, economy, environment and material culture. READ MORE

Hardback: £34.99

Thornhill Farm, Fairford, Gloucestershire

Alex Smith

Excavations at Thornhill Farm revealed a large middle Iron Age–early Roman agricultural complex of paddocks and enclosures for livestock management, with domestic waste and roundhouse traces. The site was extensively reorganised in the early 2nd century AD with new trackways. READ MORE

Hardback: £24.95

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