Footprints from the Past: The South-Eastern Extramural Settlement of Roman Alchester and Rural Occupation in Its Hinterland - The Archaeology of East West Rail Phase 1

Excavations for the Bicester–Oxford rail improvements revealed middle Iron Age settlements, evidence of metalworking, two successive Roman roads, and extramural Roman occupation near Alchester, including buildings, field systems, farms and unusual finds. Most sites were abandoned by the early 3rd century.