Wiltshire and Swindon Historic Environment Record

Details for record number MWI31361

Type

Monument

Title / Name

Roman Enclosure and Drainage Ditches, West of Barrow Farm

Summary

Roman features forming a potential co-axial settlement comprising enclosure and drainage ditches, and a possible round house.

Monument Types and Dates

ENCLOSURE; DRAINAGE DITCH; SETTLEMENT, Roman (43 to 409)

Other Details

Source Detail: Bennett, J., 2009

Title: Land North of Chippenham, Wiltshire. Archaeological Evaluation

Summary: Evaluation Source ID: SWI25969

Additional Information: Cotswold Archaeology

Description: A combination of evaluation trenches, geophysical and LiDAR survey have revealed an area of Roman activity. The features revealed include ditches forming a potential co-axial settlement comprising enclosure and drainage ditches, and a possible round house. The predominant local coarsewares identified among the pottery sherds belong to a local, North Wiltshire coarseware tradition and date mainly to the later 1st and 3rd centuries AD.

Source Detail: Sabin, D. + Donaldson, K., 2008

Title: Land North of Chippenham

Summary: Geophysical Survey Source ID: SWI27163

Additional Information: Archaeological Surveys Ltd

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