Iron Age and Romano-British Agriculture in the Severn Vale
Author: Neil Holbrook (editor)
An overview of two sites that have added to our understanding of Iron Age and Romano-British agriculture in the Severn Valley; Walton Cardiff near Tewkesbury and the former St James’ Railway Station, Cheltenham.
In the last 40 years, knowledge of the archaeology of the Gloucestershire Severn Valley has increased considerably. A pivotal moment in this process occurred in 1969 when archaeological work associated with the construction of the M5 motorway gave, for the first time, a clear appreciation of the density of sites of all periods present on the claylands. The first site published in this volume enhances the data set reported upon in 2004 in the Bristol & Gloucestershire Transactions, and in particular adds information on the Iron Age and Anglo-Saxon periods not represented in the earlier work. The second site reported on was a rare chance to investigate the archaeology of pre-Regency Cheltenham. Slowly the evidence for Romano-British activity beneath the later town is coming to light.
Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Report No. 6.
