e-Gallery

This e-gallery provides a highly illustrated chronological narrative of Worcestershire’s past as revealed through quarrying.

The map below shows the key quarry sites within Worcestershire where the archaeological evidence for the following story of human occupation has been discovered.

Follow the story starting with the Palaeolithic period >>

Select a time period:
Please select: time period... >> Palaeolithic (600,000 to 10,000 BC) >> Mesolithic (10,000 to 4000 BC) >> Neolithic and Early Bronze Age (4000 to 1500 BC) >> Bronze Age settlement >> Iron Age and Roman farmsteads (500 BC to 400 AD) >> The archaeology of Bredon Hill and the Carrant Valley >> Early Medieval Cemeteries and Settlements