Iron Age and Romano-British Occupation at Craven Arms Enclosure B, Shropshire: Investigations in 2013
2016
The investigations at Craven Arms B exposed the north-western corner and a length of the northern
ditches for a square enclosure, associated with external activity which spanned approximately 200
years. A double-ditched enclosure, external oven and V-shaped ditch for a timber stockade are
interpreted as representing the first phase of activity, dating to late prehistoric times. During the first
century AD the outer enclosure ditch was recut, and subsequent activity during the first to second
centuries was evidenced by infill of the enclosure ditch, two corn-drying ovens, two possible timber
structures, a ditch and a pit. The alignment and regularity of these features indicate a planned
element to the site. Activity continued in the second to third centuries with a remodelling of the
outer enclosure ditch, gullies indicating a fence line (possibly a parallel enclosure) and compacted
surfaces around the entrance, other ditch features and decommissioning of the ovens and structures.
The site appears to have been abandoned in the third century, with evidence for possible flooding
interspersed with archaeological features across much of the site. Post-medieval activity consisted of
two different types of land drain, indicating that water management on the site has been a recurring
theme over the centuries.
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