1 Coin dug up in the High Street. Sestertius of Antoninus Pius, type uncertain.
2 Noted. Further references to ‘Roman remains to be found all along High Street’.
Findspot - a Roman coin was found on the High Street, Alcester
2 Three sides of a possible enclosure show on air photographs, with a linear feature to the S.
A possible enclosure and a linear feature of unknown date are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The features are situated 400m north of Oversley Castle.
2 Possible enclosure, or linear features and two quarry pits, show on air photographs.
A possible enclosure or linear features and two quarry pits are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The features are situated 100m west of Oversley Wood.
1 Roman remains to be found all along the High Street (information from J Brookes). Among Davis collection of pottery, examined by W A Seaby, at Stratford, were large handled ...
Findspot - fragments of Roman pottery were found on the High Street, Alcester.
1 Back of Bell Inn, Evesham Street. In a trench dug here a rough stone floor about 0.9m deep was seen. Some Samian and black pottery.
2 Noted.
3 Further excavations have ...
The site of Roman buildings and possible market place, found during an excavation. The site is located on Evesham Street, Alcester.
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 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 A fragment of imported marble, possibly part of a Roman funerary monument or sarcophagus was recovered during observation in Roman Way. It is undecorated, possibly with evidence of a ...
A fragment of imported marble, possibly part of a Roman funerary monument or sarcophagus was recovered during observation in Roman Way.
1 Two boundary/drainage ditches were recorded in Chantry Crescent. The fills contained both pottery and bone, deliberately backfilling a boundary line. The primary fill of one of the ditches contained ...
Two boundary/drainage ditches were recorded in Chantry Crescent. The fills contained both pottery and bone, deliberately backfilling a boundary line. The primary fill of one of the ditches contained 51 sherds of amphorae.
1 A possible Roman surface, comprised of compacted layers of clay and rounded pebbles, was recorded in Roebuck Park.
A possible Roman surface, comprised of compacted layers of clay and rounded pebbles, was recorded in Roebuck Park.
1 Roman road discovered by geophysical survey. Runs parallel to the Saltway in this section.
Roman Road running approximately parallel (E-W) to the Saltway but c.135m to the south.
1 A possible Roman building, possibly a mansio, was recorded during geophsyical survey to the E of Alcester. Electrical resistance survey identified a well-defined anomaly which could be indicative of ...
A possible Roman building, possibly a mansio, was recorded during geophsyical survey to the E of Alcester.
1 A pebble surface and a sandstone block were found in a gas pipe trench. They were likely to be Romano-British in date.
A pebble surface and a sandstone block were probable remains of a Romano-British building and yard surface/road.
1 Three worked flints found in pits during an evaluation.
2 A few, possibly natural tree-throw pits contained flintwork of the early Neolithic period.
Flints from the early Neolithic period found in pits or hollows of overturned trees during an evaluation at Oversley Mill Services.
1 Undated curvilinear ditch found during water main renewal in Seggs lane.
A curvilinear ditch was found during water mains renewal in Seggs Lane. No dating evidence was recovered from any of the fills.
1 Two undated gullies were found during water main renewal works on Evesham Street.
Two gullies were found running east-west on Evesham Street during water main renewal works. No dating evidence was recovered from the shallow features
1 Two lower courses of two substantial limestone walls were found during water main work along Birmingham Road. The E-W running walls were constructed within a foundation ditch and were ...
Llimestone foundations c.2m in width were found in Birmingham Road during water main renewal works. Likely to have been part of a substantial Roman building in the northern extra-mural settlement but no dating evidence was found.
1 Several sandstone wall foundations were noted in narrow gas pipe trenches. The location of the walls would not fit with the known medieval street plan and so it ...
Sandstone wall foundations were found in several trenches excavated along Church Street in Alcester during the laying of new gas pipes. They are probably the remains of at least one Romano-British building. A mortar floor surface was also found.
1 A sandstone wall foundation was found in a gas pipe trench. Historical map evidence shows that it probably corresponds to one of the buildings that stood in Shop Row.
A sandstone foundation from the front of a medieval or post-medieval building that would have stood in Shop Row, Alcester.
1, 2 The palaeochannel was discovered during an evaluation at St Benedict’s High School, Kinwarton Road, Alcester. Silt deposits containing organic material such as snail shells and wood were ...
Palaeochannel with organic deposits of silt containing wood and snail shells.
1 Romano-British ditch running east-west, found in small trench for a new drainage culvert inspection chamber. A fragment of tegula was recovered from its fill.
Romano - British ditch partially revealed in a trench for drainage culvert inspection chamber. The ditch ran East-west and a tegula fragment was recovered from it.
1 Coin of an Emperor probably of 1st century or 2nd century, but the coin is too poor for further identification.
Findspot - a Roman coin was found in the area of Bleachfield Street, Alcester.