W Midlands Archaeol 44

Critical examination of the theoretical basis for the existence of a Cornovian sense of identity.

Evidence for the Cornovii in Cheshire (pre-1974 boundary), the `black hole' of Iron Age data.

Draft map of the borough in the period.

Multi-period remains including third--fourth-century villa.

Reports an investigation of the formal gardens of the castle, which were demolished in the mid-eighteenth-century AD.

Considers two issues in contemporary British archaeology which are relevant to the West Midlands region. Suggests that the concentration of research on important sites has resulted in less attention being paid to relatively unknown areas. Also discusses the difficulties of involving local (unpaid) groups and individuals in development-related fieldwork.

A collection of papers that consider the nature of Iron Age activity and settlements in the West Midlands region. Includes separately authored reports on:

which compares the extent of Dobunnic territory based on coin finds, with the area defined by the distribution of other artefacts. Opens with a short account of an important new discovery of Dobunnic IA coins

which reports the investigation of the two hillforts

Documents some of the archaeological material donated to the museum during the year. Also features a note on recent archaeological access and learning activities.

Notes four artefacts recently acquired by the Warwickshire Museum: an Anglo-Saxon gold and niello terminal from Bidford on Avon; a post-medieval silver gilt dress hook from Caldecote; an Anglo-Saxon gilded brooch from Dorsington; and an Anglo-Saxon gold repoussé disc from Hurley.

Discusses the development of regional research framework for the West Midlands, as recommended by the English Heritage survey Frameworks For Our Past (See 97/183). The framework will be able to be used both as a flexible research tool and to restore a necessary academic basis to developer-related archaeology.

Documents the fieldwork undertaken in Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire during 2001. Reports are listed by county and then alphabetically by site name. Features separately authored reports, including:

which reports the investigation of a post-medieval house platform

which reports Bronze and Iron Age activity at the site

which discusses the recovery of an extensive collection of eighteenth-/nineteenth-century skeletal remains

which reports an excavation near to the site of a medieval mill. Notes several post-medieval industrial features including a circular concrete turntable base

which investigates a series of earthworks, that possibly represent a moated site, in the vicinity of an eighteenth-century house

which notes the excavation of canal-side structures near to the post-medieval glassworks