1 Three skeletons were found in building trenches on the Willowdene housing development in May 1966. Skeleton 1 was disturbed by contractors and removed by the police. Skeletons 2 and ...
The site of a cemetery dating to the Roman period was discovered during the development of a housing estate. Three skeletons along with finds which included boot nails, pottery and a tile were found at the site in Wellesbourne.
1 Dispersed Roman coin hoard found by metal detector on farm land near Kenilworth between December 1992 and early February 1993. The coins are all denarii except for a single ...
Findspot - a hoard of Roman coins was found in the Kenilworth area. The exact location of the findspot is unknown.
1 A selection of Roman coins (5) brought to the museum for identification. The coins ranged from mid 3rd – early 4th century in date.
2 Also a single Roman ...
Find spot - Roman coins were found 500m north of Bridle Farm.
1 Six Roman coins found in Spring 1996. Method of recovery unrecorded. Grid reference given of SP347617.
Six Roman coins found in Radford Semele northwest of Leamington Hall Farm.
1 Gallienus (AD 253 – 268), antoninnianus. A miss struck anton; Constans (AD 337 – 350), 1/2 centenionalis, ?phoenix; ...
Findspot - 13 Roman coins were found on Pounce Hill Farm, Radford Semele.
1 1984. An area 9m x 10m was excavated prior to the construction of a house. A number of features belonged to the early Roman fort sequence. These included at ...
A defensive ditch and features that suggest buildings stood on this site in the Roman period, and were recorded during an excavation. The site lies 50m west of Quarry Lane, Mancetter.
1 Finds made with a metal detector: A bronze brooch, a bronze buckle, part of a brooch, a bronze object, an iron object.
Findspot - brooches, a bronze buckle and other metal objects, dating to the Roman period, were found 300m east of Little Alne.
2 Three sides of a double ditched rectangular enclosure 150m E-W by approximately 150m N-S show on aerial photographs. A second smaller subrectangular enclosure cuts or is cut ...
A double ditched rectangular fort of Roman date is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. It is situated 100m south of Lower Oversley Lodge.
1 A fieldwalking survey set up as a training exercise recovered a scatter of Romano British pottery possibly indicative of a Roman settlement.
2 Portable Antiquities Scheme find provenance information:
Date ...
Findspot - a pottery scatter was found 400m north east of Moreton Paddox. The pottery was of Roman date, as were a number of other finds.
1 Work started on an unoccupied garden site behind the school house. Results up to date are a complex of small post holes with later pits. Among other pits found ...
The possible site of a Roman settlement. During an excavation post holes, the remains of a stone wall and a possible enclosure were found. The site is located 300m east of Baginton Castle.
1 Two trial trenches excavated in 1978 revealed a couple of fragments of stone wall 2.75m apart and 1.0m thick. The surface and walls were covered by a compact ...
The site of a settlement dating from the Roman period. Excavation also revealed evidence for later occupation during the Medieval period (see MWA7849). The site was located to the west of the High Street, Alcester.
1 An extremely crude stone figurine was found during the early 1930s near Baginton parish church in Warwickshire. No details of its discovery are recorded, but it may have come ...
Findspot - a stone figurine of Roman date was found 300m west of the church at Baginton.
1 Portable Antiquities Scheme find provenance information:
Date found (2): 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z
Methods of discovery: Metal detector
Scatter of Romano-British finds associated with a Roman Villa 300m W of Pounce Hill Farm, Radford Semele.
1 In Spring 2002 a quantity of Roman material was recovered from a field to the south of Newborough Farm. The material indicates that this may be the location ...
A quantity of Roman material including fragments of pottery, mortaria and box flue tile, was recoved from a field to the south of Newborough Farm, Pillerton Priors. The finds suggest that this might be the site of a Roman villa.
2 Possible ring ditch or enclosure, other enclosures and linear features show on air photographs. Some of these marks are probably natural. The crop marks are impossible to plot because ...
The site of a Roman settlement. During partial excavation of the site, enclosures, ditches, houses and a possible corn drying kiln were found. The site was located 1km east of Bidford on Avon.
1 Evaluation carried out during Jan-Mar 1988. 5 trenches excavated by hand to a depth of 1.5-2m with trenches 2 & 4 fully emptied of archaeological deposits. In ...
The remains of Roman settlement were found during archaeological work in Gas House Lane, Alcester. Evidence of timber buildings, including pits and post holes, was found. Finds from the site included Roman jewellery and coins.
1 Enclosure with single entrance clearly visible on an AP.
2 Site fieldwalked, and subsequently rewalked and trial trenched in 1998 by Coventry and District Archaeology Society. Ceramic evidence of RB ...
An enclosure, of Roman date, is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. The enclosure is situated 500m north west of Broadwell. Trial trenches have been excavated across this enclosure.
In part one, I mentioned Romilly Lunge’s overseas adventures. His life in film had seen him mix with many famous people. Hitchcock once interviewed him, and they both admitted to ...
Hillcrest farm in Warton, North Warwickshire, was a rural place seemingly far removed from the bright lights of London and Milan. For a while after the war however, the farm ...
Ronald had previously worked as an agricultural labourer during World War One.
A film making career beckons
As an electrical engineer Ronald was always interested in amateur cinematography and in 1935 produced ...
Edgar Ronald Gardner (known as Ronald) was exempted from combat in World War One, working instead as an agricultural labourer. By World War Two he had become a film-maker and was ...
When attending the Rootes Archive Trust’s Heritage Day held at Gaydon, circumstances introduced me to Martin Woolston – the last time we had met was 60 years ago! We sat ...
My earliest memory of Rootes was the annual visit to the pantomime at the Coventry Hippodrome with the other kids of Rootes workers. We all got a Christmas stocking of ...
123 Rose and Crown public house, Market Place, Warwick.
Historic inn recorded on the Board of Health map of Warwick. Also on F. White and Co.’s and Pigot’s databases. The latter ...
Historic public house situated on the west side of the Holloway off the Market Place.
1 This carries the towpath of the Oxford Canal over a short branch leading to Rugby. Typical product of the Horseley Iron Company, probably dating from the 1880’s. ...
Roving Bridge, a canal bridge that was built during the Imperial period. It is situated 500m south west of Brownsover.
