Information for record number MWA12891:
Area of Middle-Late Iron Age Pits and L-shaped ditch uncovered in advance of construction of the Barford Bypass

Summary Area of Middle-Late Iron Age Pits and L-shaped ditch from trial trenching and area excavation (Area 'A') uncovered from excavation in advance of the construction of the Barford Bypass.
What Is It?  
Type: Pit, Ditch
Period: Middle Iron Age - Migration (300 BC - 800 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Barford
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 26 60
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Three distinct groups of pits and an L-shaped ditch were located in and around Area A dating to the Middle-Late Iron Age. One of the pits (pit 32) contained a series of stakeholes and charred processed barley that gave a radiocarbon date of 360-50 Cal BC (SUERC-24746). The L-shaped ditch contained a fragment of human bone which gave a radiocarbon date of 390-200 Cal BC (SUERC-24967) and contained fill from later periods (Romano-British and Anglo-Saxon).
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Archaeological Report
Title: 8000 Years at Barford: The Archaeology of the A429 Barford Bypass, Warwickshire, 2005-7
Author/originator: Palmer S C
Date: 2010
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Glossary

 
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technique excavation Archaeologists excavate sites so that they can find information and recover archaeological materials before they are destroyed by erosion, construction or changes in land-use.

Depending on how complicated and widespread the archaeological deposits are, excavation can be done by hand or with heavy machinery. Archaeologists may excavate a site in a number of ways; either by open area excavation, by digging a test pit or a trial trench.
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period Iron Age About 800 BC to 43 AD

The Iron Age comes after the Bronze Age and before the Roman period. It is a time when people developed the skills and knowledge to work and use iron, hence the name ‘Iron Age’ which is given to this period. Iron is a much tougher and more durable metal than bronze but it also requires more skill to make objects from it. People continued to use bronze during this period.
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monument PIT * A hole or cavity in the ground, either natural or the result of excavation. Use more specific type where known. back
monument DITCH * A long and narrow hollow or trench dug in the ground, often used to carry water though it may be dry for much of the year. back

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