ENN108970 - Pineham, 2013-4 (Excavation)

{1} A total of 12 ha excavated. In 2014, investigations focused on the west field. The majority of the archaeological evidence consisted of Iron Age settlement enclosures, with multi-phase roundhouses, associated ditches, and field systems. The Iron Age enclosures were added to a pre-existing ditched boundary, seen running east-west for over 1km in length, and were connected on its eastern edge to a well preserved graveled trackway that extended over 300m (and beyond the site limits in both directions). Previously, in 2013, in the east field the majority of the evidence consisted of a substantial multi-phase Roman rural settlement, the early Roman phases consisted of some field boundaries and enclosures. In the later Roman period activity intensified, with numerous enclosures and paddocks added to a pre-existing linear ditch, forming a gridded arrangement.