RPS Consulting have conducted the archaeology investigations for this site and made some fascinating discoveries. Evidence of Iron-age habitation, cart-tracks, and a few beautiful finds including a gold coin have been unearthed from the site.

Duncan Hawkins (Operations Director) explained that

The period the site was occupied c 200BC – 200AD is poorly documented so we don’t know what the settlement was called or precisely who lived there.

It’s likely that the site probably lay within the territory of a tribe called the Trinovantes ( possibly meaning the “vigorous people” ) though the precise boundary between their territory and that of their neighbours to the west the Catuvellauni ( “war chiefs” ) is uncertain in this area.

This information will be added to the themes for the public art commission which will be announced soon.