Monument record 4888/1/1 - Possible Iron Age trackway, east of Rockingham Road

A watching brief undertaken prior to ironstone quarrying identified two parallel ditches. The earliest pottery dated to the 6th or 5th centuries BC.

{1} A considerable amount of early Iron Age pottery was recovered from two parallel ditches exposed by top soil clearance prior to ironstone quarrying. The earliest pottery dates to the 5th or 6th Centuries BC, but one of the ditches contained slightly later pottery and may have been re-cut. The two ditches were some 6m apart and, assuming they were originally contemporary, many have flanked a trackway. Little evidence of settlement was found adjacent to the ditches, but it was not possible to investigate the area as thoroughly as was desirable.

<1> 1979, CBA GROUP 9 NEWSLETTER, 9/49 (Note). SNN29051.

<2> RCHME, 1992, REPORT FORM, (unchecked) (Note). SNN59614.

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