Ro finds made during excavation of chapel site, 1974, mostly outside the foundation wall trench at the SE corner. Scatter of broken pottery and stone (inc pot boilers), possibly a courtyard. Also a bronze brooch, mid C2, and a fragment of an ear pick. The excavators suggest a Ro settlement in this area, perhaps under the farm buildings. (1)
S limit of this area of rubbish found in 1975. 3 sherds of Derbys ware were found under the floor of the cistern on the bedrock. No trace of a Ro building was found. (2)
See M3999 - chapel, L8567 - BA pottery, L8568 - cropmark.

Data Held (Document). SNT2647.

(1) Library, (2) doc 213

<1> March D, 1975, Pleasley Chapel Site Excavations Report (Monograph). SNT25.

<2> March D, 1976, Moorhaigh Farm: A report on excavation of a mediaeval cistern (Monograph). SNT26.

Other Refs: doc 213