The Iron Age and Gallo-Roman Periods in Jersey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

de Jersey, Philip.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (56 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bicester : Archaeopress, 2026.

Summary:

This volume reviews current knowledge of Jersey's Iron Age and Gallo‑Roman archaeology, placing the island within the wider context of the Channel Islands and north‑west France. Moving beyond the famous Iron Age coin hoards, it highlights new discoveries and identifies priorities for future research into Jersey's prehistory and Roman past.

Contents:

Cover

TItle Page

Copyright Information

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Table 1: Fortified sites and other possible settlement sites, certainly or possibly of Iron Age and Gallo-Roman date

Figure 1. Distribution map of promontory forts

Figure 2. Distribution map of non-fortified Iron Age and Gallo-Roman settlements. Maitresse Ile (Les Minquiers, B7) and Les Ecrehous (B15) are not shown.

Figure 3. The limpet deposit excavated near the entrance of the farmstead in St Lawrence. Photo: Hervé Duval

Table 2: Chance finds of Iron Age material from Jersey

Figure 4. Distribution map of Iron Age finds and the Iron Age/Gallo-Roman hoarding horizon

Table 3: Chance finds of Gallo-Roman material from Jersey

Figure 5. Distribution map of Gallo-Roman finds

Table 4: Chance finds of Greek coins

Figure 6. The start of the Le Câtillon II hoard excavation, June 2012. Photo: Philip de Jersey

Preface

Introduction

Chronology

Resource assessment

Settlement in Jersey, from the Iron Age to the Gallo-Roman

The nature of the evidence

Chance discoveries

The hoarding horizon

Research agenda and strategy

RQ1: The existing evidence

RQ2: Searching for new evidence - fortified sites

RQ3: Searching for new evidence - non-fortified sites

RQ4: Searching for new evidence - landscape

Conclusions

Bibliography

Appendix 1: Gazetteer of Iron Age and Gallo-Roman sites and finds

A. Fortified sites

B. Non-fortified sites

C. Late Iron Age/early Gallo-Roman hoarding horizon

D. Isolated/chance finds, Iron Age and Gallo-Roman

Miscellaneous/unlocated finds, island-wide

Back cover.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781805831426