In 1985 a watching brief during gravel extraction at Hemington Fields, Castle Donington, Leicestershire, revealed a substantial timber and stone structure buried beneath 2-2 ·5 m of allut•ium. Salvage excavation and a further watching brief have enabled the structure to be identified as a twelfih century mill dam associated with a possible low breast mill. This is the only mill site of this date examined on a major river and has provided important information on medieval water management. Such sites indicate the great potential for archaeology within the _!food plain of major rivers and contributes to a survey of palaeochannels in this area of the Trent valley.
Fieldwork east of Oakham, Rutland has located evidence of prehistoric settlement, land use patterns, and ceremonial monuments. Part of this included the excavation of a cropmark site which has revealed an unusual sequence of Neolithic/Early Bronze Age pit circles and a burial area. This is complemented by a fieldwalking survey of the surrounding areas, allowing consideration of the relationship of juxtaposed flint scatters and the excavated ceremonial area.
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