Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester Iron Age and Romano-British Monuments in the Gloucestershire Cotswolds. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1976.
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'Rodborough', in Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester Iron Age and Romano-British Monuments in the Gloucestershire Cotswolds, (London, 1976) pp. 98. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/ancient-glos/p98 [accessed 25 April 2024]
RODBOROUGH
(10 miles W. of Cirencester)
Remains of a Belgic wooden bucket with embossed bronze hoops were found near an unlocated cottage on Rodborough Common. (fn. 1) Numerous small irregular pits and mounds on the common are similar to others widespread on Minchinhampton Common and are probably post-Roman in origin. (fn. 2)
(1) Early Roman Settlement (SO 850032), on Rodborough Common, with probable military associations, occurs near the W. end of a flat-topped ridge, on Inferior Oolite at over 600 ft. above O.D. (map, p. 81, s.v. Minchinhampton). Excavation, and observation of builders' trenches, has revealed mid 1st-century material associated with a ditch at least 250 ft. long, V-shaped in profile, about 14 ft. wide and 6½ ft. deep; the ditch lies inside and is truncated by an 8-acre enclosure, probably post-Roman. The W. bank of the enclosure, with an inner ditch, survives as a prominent earthwork. Similar finds were made to the south-east.
The material includes a Claudian dupondius, a bronze brooch of Camulodunum type IV, a bronze stud (possibly military), and pottery including Arretine or provincial Arretine, samian, mica-dusted ware, buttbeaker, and vessels in both local Iron Age tradition and with Belgic affinities, invariably associated with Savernake ware. The assemblage as a whole is strongly suggestive of a Roman military presence in the early years of the conquest. Most of the finds are in Stroud Museum.
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