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Gatcombe Farm is a Romano-British settlement located in Somerset that incorporates evidence of earlier Iron Age occupation. The site comprises the remains of a Roman farmstead associated with an organised field system of the same period, reflecting the continuation and development of agricultural land use across the Iron Age to Roman transition. The physical evidence includes settlement features and field boundaries that demonstrate the Roman reorganisation of the landscape for farming purposes. The monument represents an important example of rural settlement patterns during the Romano-British period and the persistence of occupation across successive cultural periods in the Somerset landscape.
Roman settlement, part of an associated field system and earlier Iron Age settlement remains at Gatcombe Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011978. View the official record →
Gatcombe Farm is a Romano-British settlement located in Somerset that incorporates evidence of earlier Iron Age occupation. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011978.
Roman settlement, part of an associated field system and earlier Iron Age settlement remains at Gatcombe Farm is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1011978.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Long barrow 350m south-west of Cornerpool Farm (6.2 km), Two bowl barrows 400m north-east of Quarry Farm: part of the Redhill round barrow cemetery (6.4 km), Bowl barrow 300m NNE of Quarry Farm: part of the Redhill round barrow cemetery (6.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Roman settlement, part of an associated field system and earlier Iron Age settlement remains at Gatcombe Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Roman settlement, part of an associated field system and earlier Iron Age settlement remains at Gatcombe Farm stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.