Information for record number MWA19119:
Romano-British settlement at Upper Spring Farm, Bishop's Itchington

Summary A series of enclosures, first recorded through geophysical survey, were subsequently evaluated by trial trenching. The trenching recorded a series of structures, pits, gullies and boundary features related to a Romano-British farmstead.
What Is It?  
Type: Farmstead, Settlement, Enclosure, Structure, Pit, Gully, Gully
Period: Romano-British (43 AD - 409 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Bishops Itchington
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 37 55
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Level of Protection Local
Description

  
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1 A series of enclosures, first recorded through geophysical survey, were subsequently evaluated by trial trenching. The trenching recorded a series of structures, pits, gullies and boundary features related to a Romano-British farmstead. Excavations recorded a stone surface overlying a multiphased set of enclosure ditches. A possible timber structure was also recorded, and a series of semicircular pits and gullies. Pottery dated all features to between the 2nd and 4th centuries AD. The bone assemblage and the environmental assemblage both suggest agricultural activity of a type traditionally seen on rural agricultural settlement of this period.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Evaluation Report
Title: Starbold Wind Farm, Bishop's Itchington, Warwickshire, Archaeological Evaluation
Author/originator: Kimber M and Mayes S
Date: 2012
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Glossary

 
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technique Geophysical Survey The measuring and recording of electrical resistivity or magnetism in order to determine the existence and outline of buried features such as walls and ditches. Geophysical techniques include resistivity survey, magnetometer survey and ground penetrating radar. View Image back
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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monument SETTLEMENT * A small concentration of dwellings. back
monument STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. back
monument BOUNDARY * The limit to an area as defined on a map or by a marker of some form, eg. BOUNDARY WALL. Use specific type where known. back
monument FEATURE * Areas of indeterminate function. back
monument GULLY * A deep gutter, drain or sink. back
monument FARMSTEAD * The homestead of a farm consisting of a farmhouse and working farm buildings, with yards, other working areas and usually a garden to the house. back
monument WIND FARM * A group of electricity-producing windmills or wind turbines. back
monument PIT * A hole or cavity in the ground, either natural or the result of excavation. Use more specific type where known. back
monument ENCLOSURE * An area of land enclosed by a boundary ditch, bank, wall, palisade or other similar barrier. Use 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
monument STRUCTURE * A construction of unknown function, either extant or implied by archaeological evidence. If known, use more specific type. back

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