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Summary

Iron Age settlement site including shrine and burials

Full description

PRN 46451
Features relating to this site and/or the Roman occupation are visible on geophysical survey data gathered in 2002. {4}{5}
Excavations prior to the construction of the Partney by-pass revealed a complex Iron Age settlement site in use from c.150 BC until the Roman occupation. The site continues in use as a settlement throughout the early Roman period (see 44851).
Features include a late Iron Age temple consisting of an enclosure ditch and internal shrine. This feature continued in use well into the Roman period. Close to the temple on the east side are several burials, dating from late Iron Age to late 1st century AD. A possible earlier ritual site, consisting of a curvilinear ditch, was also present.
Numerous ditches and enclosures were found representing all periods of the settlement's use. These include a late Iron Age enclosed farmstead.
Post holes suggesting four-post structures are also found throughout the site's occupation. These may represent storage granaries or platforms for laying out the dead. {1}{2}{3}

<1> Cambridgeshire Archaeological Field Unit, 2005, Partney By-Pass Post-Excavation Assessment, PTN3 04, PTN5 04, PTN9 04: pp.104-13 (Report). SLI10523.

<2> Cambridgeshire Archaeological Field Unit, 2005, Partney By-Pass Post-Excavation Assessment Archive (Archive). SLI10525.

<3> Cambridgeshire Archaeological Field Unit, 2005, Archaeological Excavations Along the A16/A158 Partney By-Pass, pp.5-8 (Leaflet). SLI10524.

<4> West Yorkshire Archaeological Service, 2002, A16-A158 Partney Bypass, Dalby to Partney, - (Report). SLI7965.

<5> West Yorkshire Archaeological Service, 2002, A16-A158 Partney Bypass, - (Report). SLI7966.

Monument Types

• DITCH (Middle Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 400 BC to 42 AD)
• ENCLOSURE (Middle Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 400 BC to 42 AD)
• FARMSTEAD (Middle Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 400 BC to 42 AD)
• POST HOLE (Middle Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 400 BC to 42 AD)
• STRUCTURE (Middle Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 400 BC to 42 AD)
• BURIAL (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)
• KILN (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)
• PIT (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)
• SHRINE (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)

Associated Finds

• ANIMAL REMAINS (Middle Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 150 BC to 42 AD)
• SHERD (Middle Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 150 BC to 42 AD)
• HUMAN REMAINS (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)
• SLAG (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)

Associated Events

• A16-A158 Partney Bypass Geophysical Survey
• A16-A158 Partney Bypass Geophysical Survey
• Partney By-Pass Excavation PTN5 04
• Partney By-Pass Excavation PTN3 04
• Partney By-Pass Excavation PTN9 04

Protected Status

• SHINE

Sources and further reading

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