Excavations at Holme Hall Quarry, between Doncaster and Rotherham, have revealed how the landscape was transformed into extensive, carefully planned field systems and farmsteads during the early Roman period. Was this development the work of local Iron Age communities, or a land grab by an occupying army? Francis M Morris, who has recently completed post-excavation analysis and publication through Archaeological Research Services Ltd, explains more. The Magnesian Limestone that sweeps across north-east England, has long been a focus of archaeological interest. Iron Age and Roman field systems are widely visible as cropmarks on this geology and its margins in County … Continue reading Fields and farmsteads: Organising the early Roman frontier region in South Yorkshire