A comprehensive survey of early medieval remains extant in the Forest of Dean - castles, churches, lost villages, field boundaries, warrens, Offa's Dyke, and St Briavels arsenal - followed by a catalogue of small finds.  Includes a chronology, a list of place names and a bibliography.

History of Civil War military engagements in the Dean region with chapters on extant signs of earthworks, historic houses, and the many small finds - buckles, musket balls, weapons, buttons, horse shoes - dug up in recent years.