ENN108564 - Barby Hill Project (Year 2), 2012-13 (Trial trench)

{1}A 15m x 1.5m trench was excavated by hand, located midway between two areas of the site that had been shown (from BHAP’s previous magnetometer survey in adjacent Field 07, and also from the previous excavation in the south part of Field 16 by Cotswold Archaeology) to contain dense concentrations of roundhouse circles. An Iron Age occupation layer was carefully examined. Due to significant disturbance of the subsoil in the early 19th century, the Iron Age occupation layer had been seriously compromised, and any possible features such as hearths, drip gullies, remains of walls etc had been mostly obliterated. [Approximate trench location only]