Wrottesley Lodge Farm
Whilst searching for a ‘Roman’ road at Wrottesley Lodge farm recently, WAG have uncovered what is believed to be the remains of a 5,000 year old house, a prehistoric track or road and remnants of a similar aged field system.
The house has the typical structure of a Neolithic long house whereby posts are arranged in parallel rows internally and the outer ‘shell’ or walls made of timber or stone. Many post holes were found including burnt ones.
Structure showing positions of internal post holes.
The house measured about 6-7 metres wide but the length was unable to be ascertained due to the need for the field to be ploughed and sown. Hopefully, a sample of charcoal taken from one of the posts can be radio carbon dated to give an indication of date. The charcoal sample will hopefully be considered by the CARD fund (Community Radio Carbon Dating - www.cardfund.org) for processing.
The track or road was discovered about 400 metres (as the crow flies) away from the house and consisted of two parallel sandstone walls enclosing a surface of clay and stone pieces, in total nearly 6 metres in width, clearly visible on a Google Earth image.
Road or trackway, arrowed, visible on Google Earth.
Image courtesy of Google Earth.
Once again, a sample of charcoal was found and will hopefully be considered by the CARD fund for processing.
