Later Prehistoric and Roman Burial and Settlement, Hucclecote, Gloucestershire
Author: Alan Thomas, Neil Holbrook and Clifford Bateman
Prehistoric and Roman activity was discovered during excavations at Hucclecote. Excavations in 1998 revealed alluvium up to 2m deep, which radiocarbon dating showed dated to the 12th century BC. Three or four Middle Bronze Age cremation burials were probably part of a flat cemetery; then in the Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age a settlement was established. This settlement was reorganised in the 1st century AD, and again in the early 2nd century when a series of ditched enclosures was linked to Ermin Street by a 320m long trackway. A small inhumation cemetery is noteworthy as it demonstrates that the Late Iron Age tradition of crouched burial persisted into the 2nd century AD. Several of the burials were accompanied by grave goods, and one of the males suffered from a rare form of dwarfism to his forearms. The settlement continued in use until the late 3rd or early 4th century, although the trackway ditches continued to accumulate material into the later 4th century.
Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Report No. 2.
