Excavation of Shrunken Medieval Settlement at Brook Street, Warwick

1 1968: Excavation of area including at least three Medieval house plots. Four ovens were set well back from the street front. A series of cess and rubbish pits yielded large amounts of pottery (including Stamford ware) dating to the 11th century. A large bell-shaped shaft some 7.3m deep was emptied; it contained 12th century pottery and the remains of several cats and chickens. The buildings are indicated by traces of timber structures.
2 1969: As elsewhere in Warwick, Post Medieval building and road-widening had so interfered with the Medieval building plans as to render them fragmentary and largely unintelligible. A very large oven was found. Considerable quantities of ‘shelly ware’ were found associated with Stamford ware.