A Late Iron Age and Romano-British Site at Gale Common, North Yorkshire. Issue 1 (August 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Randerson, M. J.; Watson, J. E.; Graham, D. J.
• Is Part Of: Yorkshire archaeological journal. Volume 86:Issue 1(2014)
• Page Start: 33
• Page End: 79
• Publication Date: 2014-08
• Subjects: Yorkshire (England) -- Antiquities -- Periodicals; Yorkshire (England) -- History -- Periodicals; 942.8
• DOI: 10.1179/0084427614Z.00000000044
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0084-4276

Abstract

<abstract> <title> <x content-type="archive" xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <sec> <p>A late Iron Age to late Romano-British rural landscape centred on two core occupation areas was identified. The western settlement, in the form of a nucleated Iron Age farmstead, was inhabited in the first century <sc>bc</sc>, while the eastern core was occupied from the late first century <sc>ad</sc>. Settlement was predominantly at a basic rural level, shifting eastwards during the later second century <sc>ad</sc> to a less regular settlement with a rectilinear field system. The settlement became more Romanised, incorporating in the middle of the fourth century <sc>ad</sc> a rectangular timber building and proportions of pottery types more usually associated with villas. The settlement appears to either move, contract, or begin to dissipate in the later fourth century <sc>ad</sc>.</p> </sec> </abstract>