Keyword: roadside settlement

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

Alex Smith et al.

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

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The Roman Roadside Settlement at Westhawk Farm, Ashford, Kent

Paul Booth et al.

Excavation at Westhawk Farm uncovered a major Roman roadside settlement with both planned and unplanned plots, timber buildings and a polygonal shrine. Focused on farming, markets and local ironworking, the site declined sharply by the mid‑3rd century, mirroring wider regional patterns. READ MORE

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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

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