1 Roman sherds found just E of Icknield Street in trench crossing the field for a pipeline. 1968: Indicated find spot under plough. No pottery visible on surface.
2 Further finds ...
Findspot - fragments of Roman pottery, coins and a brooch were found in the area 700m south east of Oversley Castle.
1 Moat Farm. C16 and C17 work survives.
2 This is now called Moat House Inn. The land behind the Inn has been landscaped for car parking etc. Local tradition is ...
The possible site of a moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building, of Medieval or Post Medieval date. The site is located at Moat House Inn, King's Coughton.
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 The present bridge, of three arches in red brick with stone dressings and modern parapets, may well have been built in 1814.
2 Photographed in 1978.
Gunnings Bridge, a bridge which was built of red brick with stone dressing during the Imperial period, possibly in 1814. It is situated on Henley Street, Alcester.
1 High spur of land, top ‘bulldozed’ away spring 1957 by Young Farmers Club when bones (human) were found (bones in Warwick Museum). Information from CID Leamington and site visited ...
The site of a number of human burials of unknown date. The site was located 400m south west of Chicken Meadow Barn.
1 The crop-mark in field 18, just east of the burials was seen to be a natural ridge of limestone; no evidence of a man-made feature was seen.
Linear feature seen on APs shown to be a natural ridge.
1 A wide shallow U-sectioned ditch was observed in a pipe trench.
A ditch of unknown date was found during archaeological work. It was situated 1km north west of Oversley Castle.
1 1140 Ralph le Boteler of Oversley founded a Benedictine abbey. The site was encompassed by the River Arrow to N and E and by a connecting moat to S ...
The site of Alcester Abbey, a Medieval monastery and moat. Some of the abbey buildings, including the Chapter House, have been excavated. Other parts of the abbey, including the claustral buildings, are visible as earthworks. The site is located north of School Road, Alcester.
2 Finds made with a metal detector included a bronze strap end buckle with crude face design. This is Medieval, perhaps 14th – 15th century.
Findspot - various finds of Medieval date, including a bronze strap end buckle, were found north of Stratford Road, Alcester.
1 Head of a Tau Cross, in ivory, carved with foliage and figures. Found at Alcester in 1873. Dated variously to the 10th, 11th or 12th century. ...
Findspot - the head of a Medieval Tau Cross carved in ivory was found on the west side of the High Street, Alcester.
1 Just E of Icknield St, SW corner of field. Many horseshoes found here, possibly site of a Medieval or later smithy.
2 Noted.
Findspot - a large number of horseshoes, possibly of Medieval or Post Medieval date, were found to the east of Icknield Street, Alcester.
1 A sunken Medieval malting kiln was dug into the top of the Roman layers.
2 Drawing.
The site of a Medieval malt kiln, a structure in which barley was dried. It was found during an excavation and was situated to the west of Tibbets Close, Alcester.
1 A small amount of (?)Middle Iron Age pottery came from this site.
Findspot - Iron Age pottery was found in Tibbets Close, Alcester.
1 Coughton, enclosed in 1487. Appears on maps of Saxton and Speed, but has been long disparked.
2 Coughton Park is in the angle of the Ridgeway and ...
Coughton Park, a deer park dating from the Medieval to the Post Medieval period. Much of the park pale is visible as an earthwork. It is located to the south of Sambourne.
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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.