1 The Keep dates from the replacement in stone of the original motte and bailey construction, and dates from the late 12th century. It is rectangular with square angle turrets ...
The stone Keep dates from the late 12th century with alterations and additions in the 14th. Most of the windows were widened or replaced in the 16th century. The north wall was destroyed after the Civil War.
1 A 14th century gatehouse near the NW corner of Kenilworth Abbey precincts facing N. It is of local red sandstone and consists of two vaulted compartments – the inner ...
Kenilworth Abbey Gatehouse was built during the Medieval period and is constructed of red sandstone. It consists of two compartments and the gateway runs between them with a single large arch. The remains still stand and are situated in Abbey Fields.
1 During work on trial trenches, two sandstone features recorded in the garden.
Niches of similar proportions, each carved from a single stone block, interiors coated with limewash. Likely to have originated from Abbey site.
1 A number of important earthworks exist outside the castle. Running in a SE direction for a length of about 137m is an artificial bank thrown across the valley from ...
The site of a dam which was created during the Medieval period to create the water defences at Kenilworth castle known as the Mere, which no longer exists. The earthwork bank is still visible and is situated to the south, west and north of the castle.
1 The great dam (PRN 5379) and its sluice were considered to be so important to the defence of the castle, that further earthworks were constructed beyond in order to ...
An earthwork bank, topped by circular mounds, and ditches, which were created during the Medieval period. They were created as defences against an attack on the Medieval dam associated with Kenilworth Mere. They are located 500m south west of Kenilworth Castle.
1 In 1313 Thomas, Earl of Lancaster began to build a chapel within Kenilworth Castle. This he intended to convert into a great chantry or collegiate church of St Mary, ...
The Chapel of St Mary, the probable remains of a Medieval chapel at Kenilworth Castle.
1 Under the wealthy and ostentatious John of Gaunt the castle was first repaired and then, from 1391 onwards, converted from a feudal stronghold into a palace. To this period ...
Phase three of the building of Kenilworth castle included the Great Hall with cellars below, the 'Strong Tower' which housed the treasury, and the 'Saintlow Tower'. This phase of building began in about 1391 and continued into the 1570s.
1 Of the monastic buildings only a few shapeless blocks of rubble rise above ground level. Excavation enabled the ground plans to be uncovered. The 12th century church had a ...
The remains of Kenilworth Abbey Church which dates from the Medieval period. Excavation has uncovered the ground plan and evidence of burials within the church. The site is at the tennis courts in Abbey Fields.
1 Of the monastic buildings only a few shapeless blocks of rubble survive above ground level. Traces of the cloisters were uncovered, including a 12th century apsidal chapter house to ...
The Medieval remains of Kenilworth Abbey Chapter House and Cloister. The site is at the tennis courts in Abbey Fields.
1 The Infirmary, to the E of the cloisters, was of 13th century construction.
2 A range of buildings about 30m by 5.5m and includes a hall, kitchen and chapel.
3 Plan ...
The site of the infirmary associated with the Medieval Abbey of Kenilworth. The site is at the tennis courts in Abbey Fields.
1 The area within the moat was surrounded by a stone wall. In 1923 two brothers excavated a trench about 3.6m square to a depth of 1.5m at the E ...
The site of a curtain wall, which was built during the Medieval and Post Medieval period. The stone wall surrounded the area inside the moat at the Pleasance, situated 1km west of the castle. The foundations of a building are still visible at the site.
1 Inside the double moat at the Pleasurance was a timber banqueting hall. This was dismantled by Henry VIII.
2 Foundations are visible within the island of the moat.
4 Scheduled as ...
A Banqueting Hall which was constructed during the Medieval and Post Medieval periods at the Pleasance. It was situated inside the double moat and was built of timber. The foundations of this building are still visible at the site.
1 Coin from the 13th century reported by metal detectorists.3633
2 4 coins, 13th-15th century, found by metal detector at SP 27 72.
Findspot - five coins dating to the Medieval period were found 900m south of Kenilworth Castle.
1 The open air swimming pool at Abbey Fields clearly occupies a site of great antiquity. When the extensions to the pool were carried out twenty years ago a number ...
Findspot - a coin of Medieval date was found at Abbey Fields, Kenilworth.
1 A drovers road with wide verges for pasturing animals. The road winds its way through farming country, generally avoiding centres of population. Road is mentioned on 18th ...
A trackway or drove road, known as the Welsh Way, which has existed since the Medieval or Post Medieval period. It was used by drovers to move cattle to the markets. The Leamington Road out of Kenilworth now marks the line of the trackway.
1A site visit was made in November 2005 in response to a report of human remains in the foundation trench for a replacement rear extension on a site adjacent to ...
A site visit was made in November 2005 in response to a report of human remains in the foundation trench for a replacement rear extension on a site adjacent to St. Nicholas' Churchyard. A human tibia and fibula were recovered, possibly from an articulated medieval or post-medieval burial in a layer below an extensive relating to a 19th-century privy.
1 The Water Tower at Kenilworth Castle, built in perhaps the early 14th century by Thomas of Lancaster. The Queen’s Chamber was situated on the top floor, and an associated ...
The Water Tower at Kenilworth Castle, built in perhaps the early 14th century by Thomas of Lancaster. The Queen's Chamber was situated on the top floor, and an associated culvert is shown on maps running from here to North of Mortimer's Tower.
1 The remains of possible wall foundations, floor surfaces and a stone-lined pit or trough with 13th-century pottery. Several pits and ditches were also recorded, potentially associated with 15th or ...
The remains of possible wall foundations, floor surfaces and a stone-lined pit or trough with 13th-century pottery. Several pits and ditches were also recorded, potentially associated with 15th or 16th-century activity on the site.
1 A 14th century holloway shown on the plan for the RB enclosure at Crewe Lane.
2 Passing reference made to 67 sherds retrieved from the holloway. It is not clear ...
Medieval holloway located 800m north of Glasshouse Wood.
1 Ashow, Thickthorn Wood. Linear earthwork. Excavation revealed this to be a Medieval boundary bank. Documentary evidence associated the earthwork with a monastic grange at Chesford Bridge.
A Medieval boundary bank survives as an earthwork. It is situated to the north east edge of Thickthorn Wood. Documentary evidence suggests that it was associated with a monastic grange at Chesford Bridge.
1 Finds made with a metal detector. Cast bronze leg and foot from a bronze jug or bowl. Late Medieval. Also other lead and iron objects.
Findspot - various metal objects, including part of a bronze jug or bowl, dating to the Medieval or Post Medieval period were found 800m west of the football ground, Bulkington.
1 Assorted finds comprising two coins of the 16th century and a square horse pendant dated from the 13th to 15th century reported by metal detectorists. Illustrations of both ...
Findspot - various metal objects, including coins, dating to the Medieval and Post Medieval periods, were found 800m south west of Kenilworth Castle.
1 Excavation in advance of construction of a new entrance building uncovered stratified medieval deposits across the whole of the excavated area. Dam construction layers dating to the 12th/13th century ...
Construction layers for the dam at Kenilworth Castle were found during excavation, together with a rubble surface and pottery, tile and glass.
1 An evaluation in advance of development uncovered evidence of medieval activity. The remains included a small ditch, a pit and a probable stone drain. These had cessy fills indicative ...
Medieval features, probably associated with former dwellings on the street frontages, were uncovered to the rear of The Kings Arms and Castle Hotel, Kenilworth.