Keyword: Roman settlement

The Archaeology of Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power Station, Somerset. Excavations in 2012-16. Volume 1

Andrew Mudd et al.

Later prehistoric remains included Bronze Age burnt mounds, boundary ditches, a Late Bronze Age enclosure, Iron Age and Roman activity, including a seasonally occupied linear settlement with evidence of salt-making. On another site a sequence of occupation from the Late Iron Age to modern eras was examined. READ MORE

Hardback: £35.00

Footprints from the Past: The South-Eastern Extramural Settlement of Roman Alchester and Rural Occupation in Its Hinterland

Andrew Simmonds et al.

Excavations for the Bicester–Oxford rail improvements revealed middle Iron Age settlements, evidence of metalworking, two successive Roman roads, and extramural Roman occupation near Alchester, including buildings, field systems, farms and unusual finds. Most sites were abandoned by the early 3rd century. READ MORE

Hardback: £20.00

Living Near the Edge

Jonathan Hart et al.

Archaeological work along the Wormington to Sapperton Gas Pipeline revealed new sites from the Neolithic to medieval periods, including prehistoric pits and burials, Iron Age and Roman settlements, Anglo-Saxon boundary graves, and medieval buildings, enriching understanding of life on the western Cotswold margins. READ MORE

Paperback: £21.95

Iron Age and Roman Settlement in the Upper Thames Valley

David Miles et al.

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

Excavations on the Wormington to Tirley Pipeline, 2000

Laurent Coleman et al.

Geophysical and cropmark evidence has been used to enhance interpretation of the excavated 'slices' across these sites, revealing a changing pattern of human activity and density of settlement from the Mesoltihic to the medieval period. READ MORE

Paperback: £14.95

Asthall, Oxfordshire

P. M. Booth

Excavations at Asthall ahead of pipeline works revealed Akeman Street and a sequence of timber and stone buildings fronting it, dating from the mid‑1st to 4th centuries AD. Evidence of ironworking and a small late Roman cemetery near the settlement edge helps characterise the town’s development and economy. READ MORE

Paperback: £20.00

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