Iron Age and Roman Settlement at Land North of Newmarket Lane, Methley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Moon, Kevin; Alldritt, Diane; Clarke, Ann; Leary, Ruth; Mills, Phil; Vyner, Blaise
- Source
- Yorkshire Archaeological Journal; December 2023, Vol. 95 Issue: 1 p34-53, 20p
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- Language
- ISSN
- 00844276; 20450664
AbstractExcavations to the southwest of Methley on a site to the north of the River Calder recorded an Iron Age settlement with possible Bronze Age origins, where a small community inhabited at least three phases of roundhouse within a large polygonal enclosure on the top of a hill overlooking the surrounding landscape. This was followed by Romano-British occupation during the mid to late second century AD and the mid third to early fifth century AD further to the south on the hill slope.