Large Bronze Age round barrow excavated in 1846 and 1862. There is possible evidence of re-use in the Romano-British period.

13th century priory of Dominican friars; dissolved in 1539, but some remains may be preserved within the Friary Hotel (SMR 18956). Extent of precinct is conjectural.

Large Neolithic/early Bronze Age chambered cairn excavated in the 1800s and 1973-1974, with evidence of re-use in the Roman period.

Cropmarks of possible enclosures and linear features visible on 1962 aerial photographs

A silver coin of Caius Valerius Flaccus (82 B.C.) was found in 1935 in the garden off Shuttlewood Road.

Four hundred Neolithic/Bronze Age flints and several fragments Romano-British pottery found in the corner of a field to the north of Hillhead; exact field and findspot unknown.

Fieldwalking in 1985 recovered several flint tools, 9 cores and a considerable number of flint flakes and miscellaneous waste. The majority of the material was Mesolithic.

Low concentration of Romano-British and medieval pottery recovered from several adjacent fields in 1993.

Pottery vessel in Derby Museum, published as Anglo-Saxon from Little Chester, but reassessed as probably having an ethnographic origin

Mid-Late Iron Age occupation site features that indicate a move from open to bounded landscapes. Some Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age features are also represented. Residual Neolithic material is perhaps indicative that an earlier site was also present here.