Melton bypass digs reveal Jurassic ichthyosaur and a Roman farming landscape
Archaeologists digging the Melton Mowbray bypass uncovered a 2,000-year archaeological panorama, including two ichthyosaur fossils (one with a heavy snout) moved by glaciers from the Lower Jurassic, six late Neolithic to early Bronze Age cremations, a late Roman farmstead with Mediterranean-style plantations, Anglo-Saxon sunken buildings and loom weights, plus other artefacts, with findings to be displayed in local museums as the road project nears completion.