Berryfields
Location/Address
None recorded
Type
Other site, structure or landscape
Assets that cannot fit any of the other categories. This category includes sites of archaeological interest, where the original form and function may not be apparent without the use of archaeological techniques and interpretation.Description
Roman roadside settlement recorded in geophysical survey and fielwalking and confirmed by trial trenching.
Berryfields fieldwalking, artefact scatter located on eastern side of Field 3 (B1).
Area roughly coincides with geophysics area 16, linear and pit-like anomalies indicative of Roman roaside 'ladder' settlement along the NW side of a probable NE-SW aligned road or trackway (B2).
D Levy recalls seeing bulldozing of earthworks in this area in 1943 (B3). Nothing visible on 1946 or subsequent APs.
Trial trenching carried out by Oxford Archaeology in March and April 2002 identified beam slots or footings for timber-framed buildings, pits and gullies, with pottery dating from the 1st to 4th centuries AD. The trackway seems to have been largely destroyed by medieval and post-medieval ploughing although shallow traces of the flanking ditches remain. Occupation of the settlement may have peaked in the 2nd century. See report for detail (B4).
Statement of Significance
Asset type
Roman roadside settlement recorded in geophysical survey and fielwalking and confirmed by trial trenching.
Date Listed
n/a