Dragonby: Report on Excavations at an Iron Age and Romano-British Settlement in North Lincolnshire (Oxbow Monographs in Archaeology)

This report describes the excavation of an important British Iron Age centre, whose discovery has transformed current views on the archaeological importance of Lincolnshire. The settlement was characterised by ditched enclosures, perhaps to be interpreted as properties, an irregular pattern of streets, round houses presumably of wood in the Iron Age, and rectangular aisled buildings with stone footings in the Roman period. The inhabitants were engaged in agriculture, stock-keeping, craft or industrial activities and trade. The main occupation was from well before 100 BC to the later fourth century AD or later. Pottery, artefacts and environmental remains are here described and illustrated in full and provide data for a detailed study of the development of the settlement.