Barton Lane gravel quarry |

AAAHS members excavating an Iron Age stone causeway in a gravel pit off Barton Lane in about 2000. (c) AAAHS

Barton Lane gravel quarry

Salvage excavations in a gravel quarry found remains of two Iron Age stone causeways, crossing a filled-in former river channel.

Much animal bone, and some human remains, were found.

AAAHS members excavating an Iron Age stone causeway in a gravel pit off Barton Lane in about 2000. (c) AAAHS

AAAHS member standing on the surface of the Iron Age stone causeway. (c) AAAHS

Published Reference: R. Ainslie (2002), Abingdon, Barton Lane, South Midlands Archaeology 32, 36-38