Monument record MDO40091 - Banjo enclosure and settlement, Sixpenny Handley

An enclosure has been identified on aerial photographs. It has been described as 'banjo' and settlement. The site was identified on a slide of Mr M Green. Other ditches have been identified and intersect with the monument on the northwest and southern sides. Copious surface finds include coins of Durotrigian and Coriosolitan to 4th century (Mr M Green).

ST 988 162 (GCE) A rapid examination of air photography <1.1> suggests the presence of an Iron Age or Romano-British settlement and associated linear ditches visible as cropmarks on a spur southwest of Sixpenny Handley. The settlement consists of a 'Banjo' enclosure (with an enclosure attached to its north side) with east-facing entrance and numerous pits in and around; c.100m west is a second curvilinear enclosure with an east-facing entrance, presumably part of the same settlement. Various linear features lead off the 'Banjo' to the northeast and south. There are also possible traces of a field system. <1>

ST 988162. 'Banjo' enclosure and settlement visible on air photographs [transcription plan]. Other ditches [not shown on the plan] intersect the complex at NW and S. Copious surface finds include coins from Durotrigian and Corisolitan to 4th century. <2-3>

[Note: the NRHE Database does not include a source 2. Therefore unclear what is being referred to. Source number sequencing therefore left unchanged to avoid further confusion].

<1> Miller, Andrew, 1993, RCHME: AP Primary Recording Project, 05-FEB-1993 (Unpublished document). SWX1708.

<1.1> National Monuments Record, NMR 4349: 16-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19093.

<2.1> National Monuments Record, NMR OAPs ST9816/22-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19092.

<2.2> Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments, Information from Mr M. Green (Unpublished document). SWX999.

<3> Bowen, H C, 1990, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke, Sixpenny Handley 65 (Monograph). SWX800.

<4> Bowen, H C, 1991, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke: Inventory, 30 (Monograph). SDO14864.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 868811 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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