Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society, 84, 27-75
The excavation of a mid to late Iron Age enclosed settlement, at Hallam Fields, Birstall, has added significantly to our understanding of small Iron Age farmsteads in the region. Often only parts of the enclosure settlements are investigated, whereas the example here was subject to controlled and detailed full excavation. This article presents the results of the excavation, and utilises the finds and environmental data to illustrate how people of the fifth to third centuries BC controlled and utilised space for a variety of activities.