1 Fragment of Anglo Saxon brooch found, according to the source, in Wasperton, but the grid reference given (SP285565) is in Wellesbourne. Perhaps it should be SP265565. Method of recovery ...
Find of Anglo Saxon brooch fragment in either Wasperton or Wellesbourne.
1 Disc brooch found in 1987 in backfill. Method of recovery unrecorded. Grid reference given of SP265585 approx.
Find of a disc brooch dating from the Anglo Saxon period 250m south of the church at Wasperton.
1 Alveston ford was the ‘Doddanford’ of the charters and was a continuation of the trackway on the E side of Alveston Pasture called ‘Hryaveg’ (Ridgeway) in the bounds of ...
The second of two possible sites for the Early Medieval Dodda's Ford, a shallow part of the river where animals, people and vehicles would have crossed. It is referred to in a 10th century charter. The site lies 500 m north of Alveston.
1 An Anglo-Saxon inhumation was excavated from one of the defunct (Romano-British) corndryers. Analysis of the skeleton is accompanied by a description of the iron grave goods, which include a ...
A Migration period burial was found during excavations of a Romano-British Settlement near Billesley. The site lies m NW of Drayton Barn Cottages.
1 Various air photographs.
2 Possible Saxon palace site of 2-3 ha in extent on the S end of a spur overlooking the Avon. Two charters of 781 exist. Information on ...
Linear features are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. Subsequent excavation and radiocarbon dating have confirmed that this is an Anglo Saxon settlement, possibly a palace, dating to the Migration period. It is situated 500m north east of Boscobel.
1 Archaeological observation of the excavation of foundation trenches recorded a large ditch sealed by a medieval ground surface containing 12th/13th century pottery. No dating evidence was found within ...
A large undated ditch, sealed by a medieval ground surface containing 12th/13th century pottery, was recorded during the excavation of foundation trenches at Tredington House, Tredington.
1 A stamped gold foil was found by a metal detectorist c. 4″ below ground. It is circular and one edge is torn and damaged. The border is ...
Gold foil item, probably from the Migration period found in Nether Whitacre.
1 F Cottrill reported that in 1935 a fragment of pre-Norman cross-shaft was preserved in Rugby Museum. It formerly stood in the garden in Horton Crescent, Rugby, and according to ...
Findspot - a fragment of a carved stone cross shaft of Early Medieval date, probably pre-Viking. It may have come from Rugby church. The fragment is now in Warwick Museum.
Two Gold links possibly from necklace, Rugby.
1 Two gold links found near Rugby. On loan from the Bloxam Collection, in Warwick Museum.
2 Catalogue entry.
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1 A sepulchral urn was discovered a few years ago on the glebe land in Brinklow parish, within half a mile of the Fosse Way and the Brinklow earthwork. A ...
The site of a possible Anglo-Saxon cremation burial dating to the Migration or Early Medieval period. It was found in the area of Brinklow.
1 Gold jewel said to have been found near Wibtoft before 1862.
2 In 1862 Bloxam exhibited, from Wibtoft, an isolated find. A small gold ornament of conical form set with ...
A gold object, probably from a scabbard, and dating to the Migration period was found in the area of Wibtoft.
1 Find of a small Anglo Saxon dress fitting in August 1995 in Grange Lane at SP105518. The method of recovery was unrecorded.
Find of a plaque, probably a dress fitting from the Migration period in Grange Lane, Bidford on Avon.
1 Find of an Anglo Saxon brooch somewhere in Nuneaton. The grid reference was not given, nor was the method of recovery recorded.
Find of a cruciform brooch from the Migration period in Nuneaton. The exact location is unknown.
1 There is an Anglo Saxon charter reference to the Herpath which crosses the river at Cliff Ford.
2 Clifforda referred to in charter of AD 922. The name probably means ...
The site of a ford across the River Stour which was probably in use from the Early Medieval period. It is situated at Clifford Chambers bridge.
1 A watching brief in 2004 revealed the remains of two walls made of coursed small squared blocks of Limestone with no visible mortar. These were located to the ...
The remains of an east-west aligned wall and a north-south running wall from a building pre-dating the 13th-century south aisle were recorded in service trenches.
1 Trial trenching in 1969 on the Vicarage site exposed an undisturbed area with pits and post holes containing pottery similar to St Neots ware.
Pits and post holes of Early Medieval date were uncovered during part excavation of the site of the vicarage in Old Town, Stratford on Avon. Pottery of the same period was found in the pits and post holes.
2 Pit containing four sherds of 5th to 7th century pottery
Pit found during pipeline excavation and has been dated to the Anglo-Saxon period
2 A mill is known to have existed at Alveston since 966 and in the Domesday survey there were three mills. In 1240 there were two mills and a mill ...
Alveston Mill, the site of a watermill for which there is documentary evidence from the early Medieval period. Derelict by 1886, it was demolished in the 1940s. Only a weir survives. The mill was 400m north east of the church.
1 A group of 16 inhumations was found to the NE of Icknield St during observation of a pipe trench. The burials were 0.2-1.3m beneath ground surface in red ...
A cemetery of medieval date which may have been associated with Boteler's Castle, Alcester, which lies 200m to the west.
1 A mound at SP33077235 is likely to be the Hundred mound of Motslow.
2On modern OS maps this is shown as a quarry.
The site of a mound which is visible as an earthwork. The mound may have been the Post Medieval meeting place of the hundred of Motslow. It is situated 400m south of Stoneleigh.
1 Skeletons (no other finds visible) when County Museum excavated bones from under tarmac of street during roadworks here. When constructing lay-by in 1958 further Anglo Saxon finds were also ...
The possible site of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery dating to the Migration period. Four burials and grave goods, including a sword and a brooch, have been found at the site. It is located 1km north east of Churchover.
1 Field survey in 1987 produced a single Migration period pot sherd.
Findspot - a single fragment of Anglo Saxon pottery, dating to the Migration period, was found during a field walking survey, 400m north east of Wimpstone.
1 A possible barrow (PRN 2708) referred to as ‘Brocnanbyrh’ (Broken Barrow) in the AD757 charter for Tredington.
Documentary evidence suggests that a mound or barrow may have been used as a boundary marker during the Early Medieval period. The boundary marker was situated 800m south east of Crimscote.
1 The site lies on Baginton-Lillington gravels. A salvage excavation was mounted in 1970 in advance of gravel extraction. Most of the features excavated appear to have been Iron Age ...
The site of an Anglo Saxon settlement dating to the Migration or Early Medieval period. The settlement was discovered during an archaeological excavation. It was situated 500m south of Brandon Wood.