Bicester Fields Farm, Bicester, Oxfordshire

The Oxford Archaeological Unit carried out a field evaluation at Bicester Fields Farm, Bicester, Oxfordshire, on behalf of Westbury Homes Ltd. The evaluation, which included a geophysical survey and trenching, revealed evidence of later prehistoric settlement, in the form of a sub-rectangular enclosure and associated pits and gullies. A possible circular structure was also revealed on the outer edge of the enclosure ditch. The pottery recovered from these features indicated a midto late Iron Age date range, with no indication of occupation extending beyond the Roman conquest. The site appears to have been occupied only during this period.
Subsequent medieval or post-medieval agricultural use has resulted in extensive ridge and furrow, which survives in a good state of preservation across most of the site. The only part of the site without surviving ridge and furrow is the south-western field, which seems to have been quarried for brickearth.