ABSTRACT
In view of the substantial range of prehistoric, Romano-British and Anglo-Saxon archaeology recorded by Bill Wedlake at nearby Camerton between the 1930s and the 1950s, the discovery of significant late prehistoric settlement related activity in Area H at Eckweek, just over 2km distant, should not have been a surprise. The remains of the early Iron Age ditches and the roundhouse were located in the extreme eastern part of the Camerton site, where they were cut by features associated with the Fosse Way, now the modern A367. The precise sequence of events that led to this dramatic reversal in the fortunes of the settlement remain unknown although, like the majority of former Anglo-Saxon lands in England, Domesday records the transfer of ownership of both Eckweek manors after 1066 from the Saxon thegns, Alstan of Boscombe and Alwaker, to new Norman lords, the Count of Mortain and Walter of Douai respectively.
