Impinging on the Past: a rescue excavation at Fladbury, Worcestershire, 1967

The report on this significant site is most welcome. While earlier and later prehistoric features were present, as well as a small Roman cemetery, the chief interest lies with the mid-Saxon oven/grain-dryer complex. This feature was clearly explored most determinedly, with its excavation involving burrowing under the boundary wall of the adjacent rectory. On abandonment, the oven was deliberately backfilled with possibly midden material, producing a notable assemblage of artefacts. The careful weaving together of both the archaeological and historical evidence successfully sheds light on the mid- to late-Saxon era locally. Fresh analyses of the finds have also been carried out, includ