Significant discoveries have been uncovered by an Oxford archaeology team working on a house development site.

Oxford Archaeology North staff at Little Asby Common (Image: Ed Nix)

The BBC was informed by the Oxford Archaeology North (OAN) team that the Lancashire site had evidence of both Roman and Iron Age habitation.

Speaking to the BBC, Paul Dunn from OAN said: “Unlike other Iron Age sites in Lancashire we have found ceramics and pottery in Bourne Hill.”

He continued by saying that while the dig at Thornton, near Blackpool, had revealed circular homes with their surrounding ditches, it stood out from other excavations due to the discovery of Iron Age bowls and Roman pottery.

He added: “Lancashire was wet with marshland and settlements tended to be on a hill.

"It is a significant site because there are signs of a long occupation from the Iron Age to Roman Britain."