1 A number of Palaeolithic and possible Palaeolithic implements have been found at Baginton gravel pit. Four implements were found at various times prior to 1929. These included a long ...
Findspot - a number of Palaeolithic stone and flint axes and other implements have been found at Baginton gravel pit.
1 Site 4. Now almost quarried away. Probably a burial site outside the settlement at Baginton. Two cinerary urns and a few odd sherds, a bronze jug minus its handles ...
Findspot - two Roman cremation urns and a bronze jug were amongst the finds made 100m south west of Baginton Bridge.
1 1968: Rescue excavation on a ring ditch (PRN 6079) in advance of bypass construction revealed Neolithic features. The site is on a gently rising hillock just above the flood ...
The excavation of a ring ditch uncovered nine shallow storage pits of Neolithic date, together with sherds of Neolithic pottery. The features are suggestive of a settlement. The site is 300m north east of Baginton Bridge.
1 `The Lunt’ is an almost vertical wooded escarpment above the River Sowe. An ideal location for a Roman fort. In 1960-1 an excavation on the E and W slopes ...
The Lunt, a fort that was rebuilt several times throughout the Roman period. A section of the defences, the barracks and a granary have been found from the earliest phase of fort during archaeological excavations. The Roman fort is situated north of Coventry Road, Baginton.
1 A castle, probably rebuilt by Sir William Bagot c1397, although there appears to have been a castle here before this. Henry, Duke of Hereford (later Henry IV), was entertained ...
The remains of Baginton Castle which is Medieval in date. The motte and bailey, as well as the moat, are still visible as earthworks. The remains of the stone keep, which was built during the 14th century, are also visible. The castle is situated to the west of Baginton.
1 During the excavation of a gravel pit in 1931, a workman came across a Beaker (which he unfortunately broke) with a “flint near its foot”: the former was found ...
Findspot - a Bronze Age beaker, a handleless drinking vessel, was found near Coventry Road, Baginton. The beaker was decorated with incised lines. Flint artefacts of the same date were also found in this location.
1 Burials were found in the course of the working of Hall Pit. The cemetery probably also extends into the Hall grounds and SW of Hall Pit. Most of the ...
The site of a cemetery containing Anglo Saxon cremation burials and inhumations dating to the Migration or Early Medieval periods. Brooches, tweezers, and buckles were amongst the objects found with the burials. The cemetery was situated to the east of Baginton.
1 At the S end of Baginton a gravel pit was examined by J H Edwards, who discovered some Roman sherds in the topsoil. On the face of the gravel ...
Part excavation of a Roman settlement uncovered various features and finds. These included wells and/or pits containing Roman pottery, occupational and building debris, coins and a brooch. The site is located 200m southeast of the church at Baginton.
1 In Hall sand-pit, 200m SW of the find of an Early Bronze Age beaker (PRN 2678) and N of the E portion of the Saxon cemetery (PRN 2679) a ...
Findspot - fragments of pottery from a Bronze Age bucket urn were found in the area to the east of Coventry Road, Baginton.
1 The only reference to this find (apart from the OS Card which gives the above location) is by Edwards who, as an addendum to his reporting of the finds ...
Findspot - a Bronze Age flint arrowhead was found 300m east of the church at Baginton.
1 Found during working of Hall Pit. Finds are now in Coventry Museum.
2 Site 3: A worked-out gravel pit W of the main road, lying between Kimberley and Francis Roads ...
Excavation of a Roman settlement uncovered wells pits and a ditch, together with brooches and a quantity of pottery including Samian ware, all probably of Flavian date. The site is north and northeast of the church at Baginton.
1 A large Neolithic stone axe discovered during gravel working in 1939. The axe is almost completely polished except for a number of patches where the chipping scars have not ...
Findspot - a stone axehead dating to the Neolithic period was found to the north of Baginton Castle.
1 A mill at Baginton is recorded in 1086. In 1545, Francis Goodere owned a mill called ‘overcorne myll’, which probably stood on this site. Information on ownership exists for ...
Baginton Mill, a watermill that dates back to the Medieval period. It continued to be used through to the Imperial period. It is situated 100m east of Baginton Bridge. Some of the mill buildings are still standing, whilst other remains are visible as earthworks.
1 In 1545 Francis Goodere owned ‘Netherwalke myll’ at Baginton situated ‘below the place where the castle once stood’. A fulling mill is recorded in 1656. It continued as a ...
Baginton Fulling Mill, a watermill that was in use from the Post Medieval period onwards. The watercourses associated with the mill are still visible as earthworks. The mill was situated 1km south west of Baginton.
1 It is not clear whether a watermill called an ‘edge tole mill’ in 1545 was another mill or if the corn mill had been temporarily converted for grinding tools.
The possible site of a Post Medieval watermill is suggested by documentary evidence. The watermill is supposed to have been located somewhere in the area of Baginton.
1 1971: During excavations in advance of the Kenilworth bypass Neolithic pits have been found. The pits contained fire-cracked stones, burnt clay and sherds of Secondary Neolithic pottery. A shallow ...
An archaeological excavation uncovered an area of Neolithic settlement, including a linear ditch and pits containing sherds of pottery. The site is to the south east of the Stonebridge Roundabout at Baginton.
1 Find of Mesolithic flints including five cores, ten blades/flakes, two scrapers, one microlith. Now in Coventry Museum.
2 Tentative identification of finds with some in Coventry Museum.
3 Dating confirmed as ...
Findspot - several Mesolithic flint artefacts were found in the area of Baginton.
1 A piece of worked chert-like flint was picked up in 1929 when excavations into the interglacial gravels were being made. The crude flaking and the residual areas of cortex ...
Findspot - a Neolithic or Bronze Age flint artefact was found 100m south of Rowley Lane, near Tollbar End.
1 During the excavation of the castle trial holes were dug at various likely places without producing evidence for other buildings. There were however traces of buildings between the church ...
The site of a Medieval shrunken village. The remains of house platforms and a hollow way are visible as earthworks. The site is located to the east of Baginton Castle.
1 1979: Excavation in advance of a new housing complex. The aim was to try to establish the extent of the Roman and Saxon occupation on the Baginton Plateau. Positive ...
During an excavation the remains of an enclosure surrounding a timber building and several rubbish pits were found. The remains were Roman in date and suggested that this was once a settlement. The site was located 400m south east of the church at Baginton.
1 On the 1841 tithe map, a field centered around this NGR is labelled Marl Pit Close.
2 On the 1905 OS map an area of the approximate size shown on ...
The site of a quarry which was in use during the Imperial period. It is marked on a tithe map of 1841 as a marl pit and on the Ordnance Survey map of 1905 as a gravel pit. The quarry has now been built over but it was situated in the area of the Coventry Trading Estate.
1 Pound marked.
2 Pound marked.
3 The only remains of the pound now is a 1.2m high, 4.6m long stone to the E of the smithy. This could originally have been ...
The site of a pound which was used for penning livestock during the Imperial period. The pound is marked on the Ordnance Survey maps of 1886 and 1905. It was situated 200m south east of Oak Farm.
1 Smithy marked.
2 The building still stands complete, although lacking its original equipment, and is in quite reasonable condition, although the timber-framed wall is bulging out badly.
A forge or smithy, where wrought iron was made during the Imperial period. The building is still standing. It is situated to the west of Coventry Road, Baginton.
1 On the 1886 OS map, a sundial is marked in the grounds of Lodge Farm (not at the above NGR).
2 No further reference to it could be found and ...
The site of a sundial dating to the Imperial period. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. It was situated where the Coventry Trading Estate now lies.
