Archaeologists have uncovered an Iron Age settlement near Cheltenham.
The dig, at Deans Farm, Bishops Cleeve, has revealed two round houses, two burial sites and a large number of animal bones.
Experts from Birmingham believe it was the site of a farming community in 500 BC which continued through Roman occupation and beyond.
The area, said to be the size of four football pitches, will eventually become a new housing estate.
Team leader Kevin Coles said: "Effectively, we've got a prehistoric settlement site, starting off from the mid Iron Age progressing through to the invasion of the Romans, 43 AD.
"We're finding a large amount of animal bones so that suggests what these people were eating.
"We've got also got dating evidence in terms of pottery."
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