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Circular Structures/Roundhouses 
Two circular structures, interpreted as roundhouses, 
were identified: structure 538, 8 m to the south of 
ditch 783 and about 10 m from its western terminal 
and structure 297, 90 m to the south of ditch 783. 
No associated occupation levels or deposits were 
preserved. 
Structure 538 comprised a ring of nine 
postholes (515, 517, 537, 523, 525, 535, 446, 444, 
442) forming a circle 7.2 m in diameter (Figure 6). 
The postholes, some of which were oval and some of 
which were circular, averaged 0.54 m in length, 0.5 
m in width and 0.11 m in depth. A 2.6 m wide gap 
in the south-east of the post-ring is interpreted as an 
entrance. Three postholes (519, 521, 528), forming a 
triangle, lay immediately to the south-west of the 
structure and may have been associated with it. 
They averaged 0.48 m in length, 0.43 m in width 
and 0.12 m in depth. No pottery was recovered from 
the posthole fills which were mostly clay silts with 
little stone or gravel. 
Structure 297 comprised a ring of nine 
postholes (287-95 inclusive) forming a circle 6.5 m 
in diameter (Figure 7). The postholes averaged 0.25 
m in diameter and 0.07 m in depth. There was a 4 m 
gap in the south of the post-ring, but this seems too 
large for an entrance gap and indicates that some 
postholes did not survive. There were no other 
obvious gaps to indicate an entrance. The postholes 
were filled with a brown silty clay loam containing 
occasional charcoal flecks and occasional gravel; 
none contained artefacts. 
Posthole groups 
Posthole group 787 (Figure 3) was a randomly 
spaced group of six postholes, situated immediately 
to the north of ditch 783, about 26 m from its 
western terminal. The postholes were generally 
circular in plan and U-shaped in profile. They 
averaged 0.33 m in diameter by 0.13 m in depth and 
were filled with a grey-brown silty clay with some 
sand. No artefacts were recovered. 
Posthole group 788 (Figure 3) was a 
curvilinear arc of four postholes approximately 16 
m in length, orientated north-south. Of the four 
postholes only two (482 and 484) were excavated. 
One of the excavated postholes was oval in plan, 
the other was circular; both were U-shaped in 
profile. The two unexcavated postholes were 
circular in plan. The excavated postholes averaged 
0.36 m in diameter and 0.16 m in depth, and were 
filled with a mid grey-brown silty clay containing 
