Understanding the site

 Understanding the site

In order to be able to write my script for the project I need to better understand the archaeological site itself. As a result I requested some new areal maps of the site that's show the finds in better detail. On each one I have labeled the areas to show where certain buildings etc would be.

Below is a map that shows the Roman and Iron Age farm:

Iron Age farm:

• Round houses 
• Corals = cow enclosure
• Cow track to direct the cows into Corals 

Roman farm

• Long farmhouse 
• Tiber and thatch roof
• Corals
• Cows/sheep/goats
• Outlying fields= crops

Below is a map that shows the higher level Roman farm that is located to the south of the other two farms:

Posh Roman farm:

• Farm house
• Cobbled floor 
• Stone drains
• Red roof/ stone base
• Farmyard with goats in it
• Large open field across from the Roman road with crops and no boundaries or hedges
• Fields - ditches/hedges

Below is an overall map showing all the sites and how they are spaced apart and located:

Below is a map showing the Roman town:

Roman town:

• Roman road traveling through it
• Ditch either side of the Roman Road
• Bridge onto the Roman road and back into the town
• Buildings with boundaries - Ditch/bank/fence
• Fence is like tree trunks hammered into the Earth vertically