Two new interpretation panels have been launched which will provide a permanent legacy of a major archaeological project carried out in the Lugg Valley.
One of the panels is at Leominster Library and the other is at Bodenham Moor.
Herefordshire Council's County Archaeologist Dr Keith Ray launched both of the panels on Tuesday, September 30.
At Leominster Library, Dr Ray said: "This project was supported by five local heritage groups and we chose the library as a place for the permanent panel because it is readily accessible and also fitting because the former Librarian, Peter Holliday, was very knowledgeable on local history."
Peter Dorling, Herefordshire Council's landscape archaeologist, said the panel at the library sets the scene on the history of the river Lugg, gives a brief overview of archaeology in the Lugg Valley and also describes the henge monument found at Stapleton, near Presteigne.
A significant find from the project was a Neolithic enclosure in Bodenham dating to 3,500BC, so far the county's earliest recorded monument, and the interpretation panel in the village has been placed at the Moor so people can see the actual site on a nearby hilltop while they are reading the information.
The panel at Bodenham was designed by a local blacksmith Bromley O'Hare and features models of watermills that are a key characteristic of the Lugg Valley.
Dr Ray said: "A big thank you must go to all of the groups who took part in this project because it wouldn't have been achieved without them. Many of them also gave practical help on the excavations."
The publication "The Lugg Valley, Herefordshire: Archaeology, Landscape Change and Conservation", by Peter Dorling which details the findings from the project was launched on the same day and copies will be available from the county's libraries.
A series of themed leaflets on the key archaeological features discovered in the Lugg Valley - cropmarks, water meadows, hillforts, watermills and Neolithic sites - were also launched together with general leaflets on sites to visit in the Lugg Valley and on local distinctiveness.
The project ran from November 2005 through to October 2006 and was a community-based project funded by Leader+, English Heritage and Herefordshire Council.
The five local heritage groups which supported the project were Arkwright Hall History Group, Kinsham; Kingsland Millennium Green Trust; Leominster Historical Society; Moreton-on-Lugg History Group and Bodenham Local History Group.
For further information on archaeological sites in the county visit http://www.smr.herefordshire.gov.uk/