Ian Meadows (archaeologist)

[2][7] In 1996, while leading a team with Tony Brown of the University of Exeter's School of Geography and Archaeology, Meadows discovered the first evidence for viticulture from Roman Britain.

[5][8][9] The find followed the excavation of a series of farms from the Iron and Roman ages,[10] and was soon followed by the discovery of vineyards in the Nene Valley.

[11][12] The seven vineyards covered a combined 30 acres, suggesting to Meadows that "research may yet reveal that Britain was a major wine producer in ancient times.

[2] News of the find made newspapers as far away as Australia and New Zealand,[13] for the helmet was only the fourth contemporaneous example to be discovered,[7] coming after those from Benty Grange, Sutton Hoo, and York,[14] and before two subsequent discoveries from Shorwell and Staffordshire.

[15] As of 2016, Meadows is leading the excavations at Chester Farm, a walled Roman town with 10,000 years of history.