A first century fortlet or road-post and nearby kite shaped enclosure with a military style turf wall. In the second century a town developed on the site of the fortlet with earthwork defences, which was later rebuilt in stone in the 3rd century. Roman occupation extends from the 1st century to the mid/late 4th century AD1.
Although scattered surface finds have been recorded over an area in excess of 30½ acres (c.12.4 ha), a polygonal defended enclosure in the field known as 'Odd House Close', covered a maximum area of about 5¼ acres (c.2.1 ha), and was crossed by the Fosse Way from south-west to north-east; finds from excavations conducted by Oswald in the early-1930's and Inskeep in the mid-1960's were meagre but showed that occupation lasted from the late-1st century A.D. until at least the 4th (Finch-Smith pp.284-5)2.
See
- The Roman Invasion of Britain by Graham Webster (Batsford, London, 1993);
- Roadside Settlements in Lowland Roman Britain by Roger Finch Smith (B.A.R. British Series #157, 1987);
- Air Reconnaissance of Southern Britain by J.K. St. Joseph in J.R.S. xliii (1953) pp.81-97;