Manchester Archaeol Bull 1

Article reporting the findings of the 1984 season of excavations at Tatton Park in Cheshire, designed to investigate specific elements of a 13th century messuage, including a residential structure and the relationship of the messuage to a sunken road. In addition to the medieval remains, considerable evidence of prehistoric activity was revealed within the 1984 excavation area. The prehistoric features are described and a chronology suggested, beginning with a Mesolithic camp and including later prehistoric agricultural activity. LD

Article describing the investigation of two cropmark sites found during aerial survey in the early 1980s. Geophysical survey indicated the presence of a number of features corresponding to those seen on the aerial photographs. Exploratory trenches revealed features appearing to represent a ditched enclosure with internal buildings, possibly a small farmstead. Due to the small scale of the excavations, the exact function of the settlement could not be understood. Although there was no secure dating evidence, the site may have been prehistoric or Romano-British. Two circular features to the south that were not investigated may ultimately prove to be barrows. LD

Article summarising the results of the excavation of a building complex at a site within the Severn valley in Gloucestershire. The work re-examined an area that had been exposed the previous year, together with a neighbouring zone. The site was interpreted as a two-period water shrine in which the second phase probably extended from the late second to the third century AD. An earlier interpretation by the regional HBMC Inspector that the visible stone remains had formed part of a medieval vernacular structure could not be sustained. LD