Early Thame, Oxfordshire (vol. 2)

Excavations by Oxford Cotswold Archaeology (OCA) during 2015 at Oxford Road, Thame, revealed activity dating from the Neolithic to the Late Saxon period. This second volume covers the Roman and Saxon periods. Changes in land divisions and agriculture from the Late Iron Age to the Early Roman period are examined, with finds of millstones and crop dryers providing important information. Two inhumation burials were dated to the end of the Roman or the early post-Roman period. A settlement of 13 sunken-featured buildings was established in the 6th to 7th centuries AD. One building had burned down, preserving information about the structure and materials used in its construction, and several contained loomweights used in weaving. A ditched enclosure was created during the Late Saxon period, contemporary with the foundation of nearby Thame, with nearby ovens providing evidence for crop drying and malting.