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Site name Standlake Iron Age Settlement

Site number 1460

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8/700bc-100bc An Early Iron Age settlement site c400m to the NW of the ring ditch included 134 pits in the excavated area, of varying sizes, many intersecting, and some joined by gullies. Most appeared to be storage pits, but some may have been receptacles for water. There were also some post holes, and a prominent ditch with drainage gullies leading into it, which separated the pit group. Surviving pottery is of A2 type. [Akerman and Stone 1857, precise location unsure]. No human skeletal material was recorded.

Further pits and ditches were examined in 1941, and dated to the period by A2 sherds. [Bradford 1942]. No human skeletal material was recorded.

Further pits, post holes, round huts and ditches were examined in 1943, and similarly dated. [Riley 1947]. No human skeletal material was recorded.

Remains/Period N2

County Oxfordshire

Region SE

National grid square SP

X coordinate 380

Y coordinate 45

Bibliographic source Akerman and Stone 1857, Stone 1858, Bradford 1942a, Riley 1947, Wilson 1981

Query

Site name	Standlake Iron Age Settlement
Site number	1460
Burial codes	2003 2021 2023 2025 2028 2030 2035 2036 2065 2084
8/700bc-100bc	An Early Iron Age settlement site c400m to the NW of the ring ditch included 134 pits in the excavated area, of varying sizes, many intersecting, and some joined by gullies. Most appeared to be storage pits, but some may have been receptacles for water. There were also some post holes, and a prominent ditch with drainage gullies leading into it, which separated the pit group. Surviving pottery is of A2 type. [Akerman and Stone 1857, precise location unsure]. No human skeletal material was recorded. Further pits and ditches were examined in 1941, and dated to the period by A2 sherds. [Bradford 1942]. No human skeletal material was recorded. Further pits, post holes, round huts and ditches were examined in 1943, and similarly dated. [Riley 1947]. No human skeletal material was recorded.
Remains/Period	N2
County	Oxfordshire
Region	SE
National grid square	SP
X coordinate	380
Y coordinate	45
Bibliographic source	Akerman and Stone 1857, Stone 1858, Bradford 1942a, Riley 1947, Wilson 1981