Cirencester: Town and Landscape
Author: Timothy Darvill and Christopher Gerrard
This volume examines the the archaeological significance of Cirencester.
An archaeological assessment of Cirencester and its surrounding countryside was commissioned by English Heritage and the Cotswold District Council in 1990 and undertaken between June 1990 and September 1991. The study area comprises the town of Cirencester and the adjoining civil parishes of Siddington, Baunton and Preston, a total area of 46 square kilometres.
On the basis of the archaeological data, in the form of identified sites, more than 400 separate single monuments were recognised. These represent all chronological periods, from early prehistoric times through to the modern era, and reflect the archaeological resource in the rural as well as urban environments. The position and extent of all the identified monuments have been plotted onto map overlays.
