1 A magnetometer survey was undertaken in 1979 and produced evidence for a large rectangular enclosure within which was a complex of features.
2 1980. Trial trenching, followed by a major ...
Part excavation in 1980 of a Roman settlement within a large rectangular enclosure. Features and finds date from the first to the fourth century, and include Samian ware pottery. The site is to the west of Tiddington village.
1 Mahany Birch Abbey Site A. Boundary ditch, rubbish pits etc. Site no 29.
2 A timber leather-working factory and a large pit containing leather offcuts, to the S of the ...
Evidence for Roman buildings and a pit was found during an excavation. The site was located in the area of Orchard Drive, Alcester.
1 Mahany’s Site B produced only rubbish pits, boundary ditches etc. Site no 30 in list.
2 Finds included two altars and other stone objects.
3 A pit was found during a ...
Evidence of Roman ditches and pits was found during an excavation. The site was located west of Orchard Drive, Alcester.
1 Mahany’s site H. Rubbish pits. Site no 36.
Roman rubbish pits were found during an excavation. They were situated in the area of Orchard Drive, Alcester.
1 The Roman town lies at the confluence of the Rivers Alne and Arrow. The site is beside the confluence of the two rivers under the modern town centre and ...
The Roman town of Alcester, originally a fort, which was surrounded by a defensive rampart. The town comprised an industrial zone in the Birch Abbey area, a residential area to the east, and several cemeteries.
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 Davis excavated in the Abbey or Nursery Gardens and in the Abbey School Gardens – now mostly taken over by the needle works – on many occasions. He found ...
A Roman pit was excavated and various finds were recovered from this feature and the surrounding area. Finds included Roman coins, and pottery. Paths, possibly of Roman date were also found at this site, on the east side of Birch Abbey, Alcester.
1 The trench for a water pipeline was watched during its progress. In the field centred at SP092566 the trench turned up quantities of limestone and iron nails, and cut ...
Two pits containing Roman pottery were found during archaeological work. They were situated to the south of Mill Lane, Oversley Green.
1 In 1975 a trial trench was cut along the length of the plot extending between Stratford Road and Gas House Lane. Roman deposits were encountered at 1.2m below the ...
Roman features, including post holes and pits, were found during an excavation. The site was located between Stratford Road and Gas House Lane, Alcester.
1 1965: Excavation in advance of bypass construction. One ditch proved to be V-shaped and the few scraps of pottery found were Roman. Further ditches also produced Roman pottery. The ...
During an excavation Roman features and finds were uncovered. A number of ditches may represent the remains of a field system. Three pits were also found and at least one of these was probably a well. The site was 800m east of the M40 Avon Bridge at Barford.
1 The following are recorded in this area: A linear ditch with Roman pot at SP3772; the corner of an enclosure with a ditch producing Roman pot, bone and charcoal ...
Features and finds recorded from this area suggest that it was possibly the site of a Roman settlement. It is 1km southeast of the church at Bubbenhall.
1 Trench cut at right angles to Seggs Lane on the S side showed no sign of a previous road.
2 This trench produced rubbish pits.
3 A trench excavated revealed a ...
Pits and ditches of Roman date were found during an excavation. Roman pottery was also found on the site, which was located in Seggs Lane, Alcester.
1 Excavation by Hughes yielded rubbish pits containing Roman material ‘of no outstanding importance’.
2 Noted in list of Alcester sites.
Several rubbish pits of Roman date were found during an excavation. The site was located west of Evesham Street, Alcester.
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 Excavation by S Taylor in 1972. Gardens of six cottages cleared and smaller trial areas excavated elsewhere. Earliest finds were two brooches and a coin of the Claudian period ...
A pit and several post holes of Roman date were found during an excavation. Two Roman brooches and a coin were also recovered from the site, which was situated west of Birch Abbey, Alcester.
1 1976: An area of 11 x 17m was excavated in advance of redevelopment. 1m of Post Medieval material sealed the site. Medieval buildings (PRN 5490) impinged on the latest ...
The remains of Roman buildings were excavated to the west of Bleachfield Street, Alcester. Roman coins were also found at this site.
1 Excavations carried out in 1967 on site threatened by gravel extraction. The site shows on aerial photographs as a series of intersecting rectangular enclosures covering about 3.7 ha. An ...
Enclosures are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The site was excavated prior to development. Ditches, pits, a semi-circular feature, and some occupational debris were found, suggesting a rural settlement of Roman date. It was situated 300m east of Hail End Bridge.
1 A large U-shaped pit or ditch was recorded during a watching brief at 5 Orchard Drive, Alcester. This indicated the survival of deposits not directly affected by previous excavation ...
A large U-shaped pit or ditch was recorded during a watching brief at 5 Orchard Drive, Alcester. This indicated the survival of deposits not directly affected by previous excavation or by the 1960s housing development.
1 Two Saxon pits and adjacent, probably contemporary, post holes were recorded to the north of a site evaluated by archaeological trial trenching. Saxon pottery, animal bones and charcoal was ...
Two refuse pits, containing Saxon material and two probably contemporary post-holes nearby were recorded during evaluation at Welford on Avon.
1. Observation carried out during the excavation of a trench along the edge of a Scheduled Ancient Monument, containing a Romano-British cemetary and settlement. £ archaeological features were found, though ...
Observation carried out during the excavation of a trench along the edge of a Scheduled Ancient Monument, containing a Romano-British cemetary and settlement. Archaeological features were found, though not thought to be significant for a full report. Several fragments of cow bone found but not retained.
1 Excavations in advance of the Kenilworth bypass have revealed a series of enigmatic circular pits 1.2m in diameter cut into the sandstone bedrock at the E end of Blacklow ...
An arrangement of pits, post holes and two burials were discovered during excavations on Blacklow Hill. The site may represent an Anglo Saxon religious site dating to the Migration period.
1 A pit with Roman sherds of pottery was found in Area F in advance of the construction of the Barford Bypass.
Romano-British Pit uncovered from excavation in advance of the construction of the Barford Bypass.
1 The inter-cutting pits may have been quarry pits due to their irregular shape, or even one very irregular shaped pit. Environmental evidence and animal bone evidencewas obtained from the ...
A series of intercutting Romano-British pits, postholes and a cess pit were excavated. Some may have been quarry pits. Environmental information was gathered from the pits.
1 Settlement features from the 1st/2nd centuries AD were found. A later 4th century ditch also contained stone which may have come from a building.
Four pits and a post hole dating from the late 1st or 2nd century were found. One pit was cut by a 4th century ditch. Possible building stone was also found. The site forms part of the Romano-British settlement of Tiddington.