This book is the story of an area of landscape in the English Midlands
from earliest prehistory to around AD 900. Although it looks like a
typical rural landscape, archaeological research, much of it in advance
of quarrying, has revealed that this area has a long and remarkable
history of occupation stretching back to the Ice Age. In particular at
Catholme the project has revealed spectacular monuments from the
Neolithic and Bronze Age (including a 'woodhenge-type' monument, a
'sunburst' monument and a cursus) that represent a regional expression
of the monumental traditions of the age of Stonehenge.