Later prehistoric (Iron Age)

Small isolated farmsteads developed in Dodderhill during the Iron Age period – one site recently excavated, close to the motorway, revealed evidence of a number of round houses.

Nearby in Hanbury there was a hillfort, and in the present day Vines Park the brine springs were exploited to produce salt which was extremely valuable and traded over a wide area.

An Iron Age gold coin has been found in Dodderhill.

An artistic impression of life during the Iron Age for those living on the site excavated at Stoke Lane, Wychbold

- reproduced by permission of Archaeological Investigations Ltd (original artwork Brian Bryon).

Archaeological Report The Excavation of an Iron Age & Romano-British site