A systematic programme of field walking was conducted on part of the Romano-British settlement site to the north-west of Marton, as part of a private research project. A large quantity of Roman pottery was collected including fragments of Samian pottery from Gaul, wine flagons and amphorae (large pottery vessels for storage), Parisian ware, Dales ware, shell-gritted ware, grey ware and colour-coat wares. Fragments of pottery presses used in cheese making and spindle whorls for weaving were also found. Finds of copper and iron slag indicates that metal-working took place here, but probably not on a large scale. Bronze objects such as cosmetic implements have also been recovered from the fields as well as many brooches and rings. {1}