PCAS's investigations at the Lodge Hill site; a former Royal Engineer live-fire training ground identified several phases of occupation at this site. The first phase identified was a prehistoric (Late Bronze to Early Iron Age) agricultural settlement. These prehistoric features were all identified across Area A North in Trenches 19, 23, 31, 40, 44, 45, 47, 53, 55, 56 and 65. The Desk Based Assessment suggested that there was a good potential for evidence for land division and agricultural activity in this area of the site, and this has been confirmed by the evaluation. The majority of the features were ditches and probably represented field systems and drove ways on the more easily cultivated and higher pasture land of the northern ridgeline (1).

<1> CgMs, 2011, Archaeological Evaluation, Lodge Hill (Unpublished document). SKE51426.