1 Find with a metal detector in 1984: A ?18th century merchant’s bale seal.
Findspot - a lead object, possibly a seal, dating to the Post Medieval period was found at Captain's Hill, Alcester.
1 Find made with a metal detector in 1984: Decorative belt or buckle plate with inlaid red glass lozenges. The decoration (schematic animal design) dates this to the early 6th ...
Findspot - various finds, including a buckle and a sceatta, all dating to the Migration period, were found 100m north west of The Cherrytrees Public House.
1 Finds made with a metal detector in 1984: Halfpenny – pre 1280, penny of Edward I (1280-1), penny of Edward I (1302-7), penny of Henry VI (1422-7), halfpenny – ...
Findspot - several coins of Medieval date were found 100m north west of The Cherrytree Public House.
1 Find made with a metal detector in 1985: Commonwealth penny (1649-60).
Findspot - a Post Medieval coin was found 100m north west of The Cherrytrees Public House.
1 The laying of a new gas main through the fields at Alcester Grammar School revealed a section of a Roman road (PRN 4728) and produced 25 Medieval sherds in ...
Findspot - Medieval pottery was found near Alcester Grammar School during the laying of a pipe.
1 Medieval and Post Medieval pottery found in a hole dug in the garden of a house in Bleachfield Street in 1986.
Findspot - Medieval and Post Medieval pottery was found in Bleachfield Street, Alcester.
1 A small-scale excavation in advance of building work revealed Medieval surfaces and features.
Medieval features were found during an excavation. The site was located on the west side of Bleachfield Street, Alcester.
1 A small scale excavation in advance of building work revealed Medieval and Post-Medieval surfaces and features.
Post Medieval features were found during an excavation. The site was located on the west side of Bleachfield Street, Alcester.
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 Two hammered coins of Edward I found in, or before 1988 at SP095572.
2 Penny of Henry I found in March 1990 at SP095572.
3 Four medieval coins and a lead ...
Findspot - various finds dating to the Medieval period were found north of Stratford Road, Alcester.
1 A coin of the 4th century found at this location.
Findspot - a Roman coin was found at Alcester Bowling Green.
1 A coin of the 14th century reported by metal detectorists.
Findspot - a Medieval coin was found 100m south of Oversley Mill, Alcester.
1 A coin of the 17th to 18th century found at this location.
Findspot - a Post Medieval coin was found in the area of Cross Road, Alcester.
1 An archaeological evaluation at Acorn House, Evesham Street, Alcester within the southern suburb of the Roman town found extensive, well preserved Roman deposits just below the modern garden soil. ...
An archaeological evaluation at Acorn House, Evesham Street, Alcester within the southern suburb of the Roman town found extensive, well preserved Roman deposits just below the modern garden soil. Pottery analysis suggests that the main occupation phase was mid-1st - early 2nd-century AD.
1 5.7m wide stone Roman foundation of Arden Stone supported on wooden piles (0.12m. diameter) driven into gravel. Part of the 4th century defences. Could be a tower or even ...
Two large sandstone foundations, likely part of the 4th century defences were found below the passage way between 53 and 55 High Street. The larger foundation was built on wooden piles.
1 A probable Roman steep-sided and flat-bottomed feature was discovered, backfilled with very compact small to medium pebbles and containing a sherd of Romano-British pottery. It is of unknown extent ...
Probable Roman feature filled with compacted pebbles along with other probably Roman soil layers perhaps associated with the nearby cemetery or adjacent fields.
1 A small U-sectioned feature, 2m wide and 1.5m deep (N section), 1.7m wide and 1.2m deep (S section) and lying NW/SE. It was cut through from a cobbled layer ...
The site of a deserted settlement of Medieval date within the outer enclosure of Boteler's Castle, suggested by earthworks and a scatter of pottery sherds. Evidence suggests that it was abandoned by the mid thirteenth century. The site lies 200m east of Oversley Castle.
1 The site of the ancient manor house of Alcester. In 1340 Giles de Beauchamp obtained a licence to crenellate his manor house here and to surround it ...
The site of a Medieval manor house at Beauchamp Court. The site is known from documentary evidence and some earthworks are still visible. The site lies 200m east of Birmingham Road, King's Coughton.
1 In 1086 Fulk held the manor of Oversley, but it later passed to Ralph de Boteler, who probably built a castle there making it his principal seat. ...
The site of Boteler's Castle, a Medieval motte and bailey castle, which has been partially excavated. The site lies 700m south east of Arrow.
1 Icknield Street, between Railway Bridge and Roebuck Inn and the Town Hall, Henley Street, 38 (Roman) coins found by workmen in digging trench, 1947.
2 There is no local knowledge ...
Findspot - a coin hoard dating to the Roman period was found in Alcester.
1 1976: An area of 11m by 17m was excavated in advance of redevelopment. 1m of Post Medieval deposit sealed the site. The latest feature on the site was a ...
The remains of several Medieval buildings were excavated in Bleachfield Street, Alcester. The buildings were indicated by post holes, walls and hearths.
1 Excavations of the N part of the site previously excavated in 1969 (PRN 500) in 1972-3. The earliest features were sleeper-beam trenches forming a right angle. The whole area ...
Several Roman buildings were excavated in Bleachfield Street, Alcester. They were indicated by post holes, timber slots, cobbled surfaces and drains. Roman pottery, animal bone and the finger of a bronze statue were also found during the excavation.
1 1975: Excavation of Medieval features including pits and an alignment of stone packed post holes and a stone-lined cistern, but no structures seemed to be represented.
Medieval features, including pits, post holes and a stone-lined cistern, were excavated at a site in Stratford Road, Alcester.
1 Collection of iron objects of small size consisting of discs 2.5 cm in diameter with eight perforations and a central perforation, nails, two needles, knife, twisted wire and boar’s ...
Findspot - various iron objects of Post Medieval or later date were found in Meeting Lane, Alcester.