Monument record CHT 039 - OUTLINE RECORD: Probable Medieval Farmstead, pits and internal enclosure Chilton Woods Area 3+4 (OAE) Excavation (M-IA E-Med)

Further excavation work was carried out across two areas. Area 1a uncovered the N half of a farmstead which was occupied in the Late Iron Age and Romano-British periods, up until the 3rd century AD. Features from at least three phases of development included pits, ditches and post-built structures. The focus of Area 3d was a large rectangular enclosure containing a probable medieval farmstead. Dating from the 11th to 14th centuries, features included a cluster of large deep pits and an internal enclosure with two phases of development. This appears to have been one of several such farmsteads running alongside the length of Acton Lane, with the lane itself having probable medieval origins (S1).