SUMMARY

Three excavation areas were investigated at the east end of the village of Chalgrove in south Oxfordshire. A middle Iron Age settlement comprising a sequence of roundhouse gullies and one or more posthole structures of uncertain form was uncovered in the northern Area A, as well as two curvilinear enclosures closer to the Chalgrove Brook in Area B. Area C revealed a pair of converging trackways adjoined by rectilinear enclosures, which were constructed during the second half of the first century AD and passed out of use early in the second century. The principal feature in Area B was part of a rectilinear enclosure that was attributed to the late Roman period, but not enough of the enclosure was exposed within the development area to establish the character of any internal activity. Nevertheless, the feature may provide a context for the late Roman copper alloy ‘Irchester Bowl’ that had been found in 2011 by a metal detectorist at a location that was not precisely recorded but may lie within the enclosure. The date range of pottery from the enclosure would also allow it to be contemporary with the two third-century coin hoards for which Chalgrove is noted.