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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