1 1927: Excavations undertaken in advance of alterations to the Bull Inn. An area 32 by 11m was excavated. Slight traces of 19th century buildings were found. The whole site ...
The site of a ditch dating to the Roman period from which coins and brooches were recovered during an excavation at the Bull Inn, Mancetter.
1 A Roman javelin head was found sometime before 1997 at SP313962. The method of recovery was not recorded.
Find of a Roman javelin head 100m west of Mancetter Bridge.
1 1959. This hoard was found by a chance excavation outside the main gates of Mancetter Manor. Some fragments of red ware jug base and mortaria, not sufficient ...
Findspot - a hoard of coins dating to the Roman period was found west of Quarry Lane, Mancetter.
1 A possible trackway shows on aerial photographs as a parch mark forming ditch.
2 The track fades out to the N and its relationship to ridge and furrow in the ...
A Roman Road is visible as a crop mark on aerial photographs. It's existance was proved during excavations. It is situated 50m south of Witherley Road.
1 Cropmarks, possibly indicating linear features, show on an aerial photograph.
2 These cropmarks are very faint and rather dubiou, may well have a geological origin.
3 Appears cropmark comprises two linear, ...
Linear features, which may be Roman in date, are visible as crop marks on aerial photographs. Their function is not known but they lie 450m north west of Crab Tree Farm.
1 1955: A section was cut through the bank and ditch which is clearly visible E of the Almshouses. This section revealed a ditch 2.6m wide and 2.1m deep from ...
The site of a part of the defensive ditch of the Roman fort at Mancetter. The site lies 30m east of Mancetter Road, Mancetter.
1 1983: 5 Roman pottery kilns were revealed at Cherry Tree Farm by top soil stripping of an area c100 by 10m prior to the laying of a water and ...
The site of five Roman pottery kilns which have been excavated. The location is to the west of Hartshill Wharf.
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 A series of V-shaped ditches were recorded during archaeological work to the immediate north of the Roman fort at Mancetter. It is possible that these represent the periphery of ...
A series of V-shaped ditches were recorded during archaeological work to the immediate north of the Roman fort at Mancetter. It is possible that these represent the periphery of the Roman vicus, or civilian settlement attached to the fort at Mancetter. Alternatively, they may represent annexe ditches of the fort itself.
1 Three small trenches were excavated in the garden of Witherley Lodge by Atherstone Archaeology and History Society under the direction of Keith Scott. The site, published posthumously, provided evidence ...
Occupation evidence spanning the 1st-4th century was recorded in excavations to the north of Watling Street.
1 The remains of a rare and unusual method of treating the dead known as a ‘pipe burial’. They were found in 1980 in a drainage trench 30m from and ...
The remains of a rare 'pipe' burial, dating to the Roman period, were found 300m south west of Barn Farm.
1 A bronze ring was taken into Coventry Museum along with three other bronze objects in 1983. The other bronze items were from Staffordshire. All were found with a metal ...
Findspot - a bronze ring of Roman date. The location of the findspot was not recorded.
1 During the excavation of posthole 43 a single sherd of abraded Roman pottery was recorded and a fragment of similarly abraded Roman roof tile was recovered from posthole ...
Sherds of Romano-British pottery and tile found during groundworks at Mancetter Memorial Hall, Old Farm Road, Mancetter.
1 The pottery is likely to have originated from features and/or deposits which were destroyed and re-deposited prior to the construction of the house. The area appears to have been ...
Findspot - a small quantity of Roman pottery was discovered during the observation of trenches at a site on Nuneaton Road, Mancetter.
1 A two phase vexillation fortress was established in the pre-Flavian period on the site of the modern village of Mancetter. Traces of earlier and later forts or camps have ...
The site of several successive Roman forts at Mancetter. The forts were all built on the same site but on different alignments and were situated 500m east of Rose Hill Farm.
1 During archaeological observation of the building of a house extension a clay layer was identified as possibly of Roman in date.
A layer of clay that may be a surface that was laid down during the Roman period. The site is situated east of Quarry Lane, Mancetter.
1 Fieldwalking in 1977 produced pottery finds.
2 This area of finds ties in with rectangular enclosure (WA 8037), and crop-mark enclosures (WA 396).
Findspot - a scatter of Roman pottery was recorded during field walking 600m north west of Crab Tree Farm.
1 A geophysical survey was undertaken to identify the line of the early Roman defences. Area D located on the south side of the defences provided the most interesting results ...
A linear feature, possibly the remains of a section of the Roman defences at Mancetter, was found when a geophysical survey was carried out.
1 Anglo-Saxon gold clasp found on March 4 1993 by metal detector.
2 Catalogue entry.
3 Full description.
Findspot - an Anglo Saxon gold clasp, dating to the Migration period, was found in the area of Mancetter. The exact location of the findspot is unknown.
1 The work of installing the gas main to the Almshouses involved excavating small trenches along the route to allow pipe insertion. Seven trenches were opened. Only in ...
A Roman ditch was recorded during an excavation. It was situated 50m west of Mancetter Road, Mancetter.
1 Following evaluation work done in 1992 for the Scout Hut rebuild, a watching brief was maintained in 1994 on the foundation trenches. It was possible to identify two ...
The site of a series of timber buildings, and an industiral site, with ovens, pits and wells was recorded during excavations at the site of the Scout Hut, Mill Lane, Mancetter. Further observation on the site recorded two ditches dating to the Roman period.
1 On the east of K Hartley’s ‘Broadclose’ site a late 1st century or early 2nd century infant cremation was found with two pots.
A Roman cremation burial was excavated 450m south east of Witherley Bridge.
1 Cropmarks show on aerial photographs. These comprise a rectangular enclosure with faint internal features.
2 Site 4. During fieldwalking in 1977 a pottery scatter was found here (WA 7463). ...
An enclosure, with some internal features, is visible as a crop mark on aerial photographs. Excavation has dated it to the Roman period. It lies 450m south of Witherley Bridge.
1 Trial excavations in 1996-7 in advance of redevelopment on the north side of the 1st century fort area were carried out by the Atherstone Archaeological and Historical Society. The ...
Excavations revealed the defences of the Roman fort at Mancetter, north of Victoria Road.