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Iron Age settlement could be excavated
AN excavation of an ancient Iron Age settlement at the south of Fleetwood could take place in the spring.
Wyre Archaeology Group discovered the area at Bourne Hill, on the border of Fleetwood and Thornton, last year.
Now, a geophysical survey, which has just been conducted at the site, should reveal more facts about the site.
When the group explored in 2007 they found iron age roundhouses, a rectangular embankment which may have been fortified, an ancient cobbled trackway and defensive embankments.
They have just borrowed sophisticated equipment from the University of Central Lancashire which has enabled them to conduct a survey in which radio waves are used to pinpoint underground features.
The results will be known very soon.
Wyre Archaeology secretary, Ken Emery, said: “The digging season is out until probably spring next year.
“It largely depends on what we see from the geophysical examination of the hill.
“We did four areas 20 metres square. It will give us a better idea where to dig.”
When the settlement was first unearthed there was speculation from group member Brian Hughes that it could even be Portus Setantiorum, a lost Roman port which has always been the subject of fierce debate over its whereabouts.
Bourne Hill is sufficiently close to the River Wyre to have been a berthing point in ancient times.
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