| By accident they discovered the archaeologic content of the excavated earth. |
| The company took a portable extraction plant down to the spit and excavated the ash from the lakebed for some months. |
| Large refuse dumps of Late Mycenaean remains were found throughout the excavated area. |
| They are supplied with marble slabs of African alabaster that were probably excavated from one of the many ancient sites in and around Rome. |
| At Mildenhall Fen, ten miles to the south-west, two similar middens were excavated, again without any evidence for buildings. |
| One of the earliest watermills yet found in Britain has been excavated at a quarry a few miles north of Hereford. |
