Polo Fields, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire

During late March and early April 2017 Oxford Archaeology undertook a trial
trench evaluation on land west of Evenlode Road, Moreton-in-Marsh,
Gloucestershire, centred on SP 21442 31979. The trenches were targeted on
the results of a geophysical survey, which indicated a dense array of enclosures
and related features in the northern and western parts of the site, where the
ground was slightly higher. Trenches targeted on these anomalies revealed a
series of ditches and pits that proved to be of middle to late Iron Age date.
Although pottery was fairly sparse, fragments of fired clay may derive from
ovens or hearths and could indicate that the site was used for settlement.
Environmental samples contained the occasional charred remains of cereals
and other grains. Large geophysical anomalies proved to represent a later
phase of gravel extraction, likely to be of post-medieval date. A scattering of
other undated linear features may be the remains of a system of plough
furrows or drainage ditches.