Main Street, Great Casterton, Rutland - Post-excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design

Wessex Archaeology

The majority of the archaeological remains were Romano-British in date and comprised ditches and pits. The period was divided into two phases of activity. The first phase of activity comprised two parallel ditches, probably boundary ditches, with a small drainage offshoot from the northern ditch. A large pit was also present in this phase, along with a smaller fire pit. Finds from these features date the phase to the early Roman period, up to the 2nd century AD. The second phase of activity comprised a further two ditches, on a different alignment, a rubbish pit and two deposits of burnt material, all cutting into or across the earlier features. Finds from these features provide a late Romano-British date, up to the 4th century AD