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Description of the timeline graphic.| Period Number. | Dates. | Description. | Notes. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Circa 2,000 BC. | Late Neolithic/Bronze Age. | |
| 2. | 600 to 200 BC. | Middle Iron Age settlement. | After this, the area was not occupied for some 150 years. |
| 200 to 50 BC. | The area is not occupied. | ||
| 3. | 50 BC to 50 AD. | Late Iron Age settlement. | |
| 4. | 50 to 160 AD. | Early Roman farmstead. | |
| 5. | 160 to 200 AD. | 'Proto-villa' complex. | |
| 6. | 200 to 300 AD. | Main villa complex. | It is during this phase that the tombs in the North cemetary are built. |
| 7. | 300 to 400 AD. | Late Roman villa complex. | The latest coin found from this period was from 378 AD. |
| 8 and 9. | After 400 AD. | Post-Roman. | A Saxon hut dated between 450 and 550 AD was found, but other than that it seems as though the site became open fields. |