Monument record LMD 367 - Possible Late Iron Age Building and Roman occupation at the football club ground East Corner (LMHS) EXC

Land known as Stoneylands (TL/86454; LMD 367). Follows community test-pitting in 2014 and the discovery of a possible floor surface. The small open area excavation revealed a deposit of Roman material representing 1st to 4th- century occupation. This covered a flat chalk/gravel yard surface and a building floor of rammed chalk divided by a straight 10m robber trench. An excavation extension exposed a wide threshold doorway with evidence of a large burnt door post. On sectioning and removal of the trench fill, it was found to consist of exclusively Late Iron Age large pottery sherds along with a Cunobelin coin. As well as evidence of burning, the skull of a dog was retrieved from the trench bottom. Recent geophysical surveys and research have indicated the possible existence of an early Roman vexillation fort occupying this general area. It is possible that the rectilinear Late Iron Age building was burnt and demolished in a clearance operation to make way for the fort.