Coleman's Wood
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
Late Iron Age and Roman earthwork enclosure found by surveys and trial trenching
D-shaped earthwork enclosure discovered by Chess Valley Archaeological & Historical Society in 2009 during fieldwork at adjacent earthwork site [CAS 05160]. Earthwork survey, metal-detecting, test-pitting and trial trenching carried out in 2009 and 2010 established that the enclosure comprised a bank up to 0.5m high with an external ditch along the NE side and a possible incurving entrance at the east. The ditch was 0.75m deep with steep sides and a flat base, the fill included large angular flints and large quantities of late Iron Age to early Roman pottery with many large unabraded re-fitting sherds. Test-pitting in the interior of the enclosure failed to identify any features or finds, however metal-detecting finds from the enclosure included several coins, a pin and a fragment of Bronze Age socketed axe (B1-2).
Statement of Significance
Asset type
Late Iron Age and Roman earthwork enclosure found by surveys and trial trenching
Date Listed
n/a