1 When deep ploughing area of boggy land to re-sow with grass a modern (?c1800) brick wall 3.5m long and 0.2m wide was found in the midst of many cobbles.
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A brick wall, probably dating to the Imperial period, was found in the area to the south of Copston Spinney.
2 Possible undated linear cropmarks show on aerial photographs.
Several linear features of unknown date are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The features are situated 400m south east of Copston Magna.
2 Possible enclosure shows on aerial photographs.
The site of an enclosure of unknown date. It is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. The enclosure is situated 600m north east of Copston Magn.
1 Remains of building ploughed out here 1967 (Mr H Troon, The Hollies, Copston Magna). A very obvious rectangular building. Much glass, tiled roof and floor. 16th century or 17th ...
The possible site of a Roman building. The building was identified in the results of a geophysical survey. Fragments of Roman pottery and tile were found. Post Medieval tile and glass was also found at the site which is located 100m north east of Copston House.
1 A group of pits, which were too shallow to have been for storage purposes, were excavated. The majority contained domestic materials including pottery, querns, cremated animal bone, charcoal, crop ...
A group of Iron Age pits. Domestic materials were deposited in them, including pottery, querns and crop processing waste.
1 Roman pottery found 600m NW of Venonae in ploughed land in April 1978. Sherd scatter included Samian, mortaria, amphorae and grey wares over area 50m by 50m. Further observations ...
Findspot - fragments of Roman pottery were found 700m north west of High Cross.
1 Roman site found 630m S of Venonae in ploughed land by D Wassell in 1976-8. A scatter of sherds (including Samian, black, grey, Castor, rusticated, colour-coated, buff coarse, white ...
Findspot - various Roman finds, including fragments of pottery, tile and bone, were found 500m north west of High Cross.
1 Pits and gullies showed evidence for a limited amount of Iron Age activity.
2Topsoil stripping north of a quarry centered on SP46558890 revealed a small group of pits containing heat-cracked ...
A small group of pits and gullies contained evidence of Iron Age activity. The site is 1.3m northwest of Copston Magna.
1 At Copston Magna an ovoid outer boundary contains fairly regular plots, including the church, which front onto a main street. The plan of Copston Magna seems to be ...
The Medieval village of Copston Magna was a small, planned settlement close to the Danelaw boundary. The layout of the settlement is still partially visible as an earthwork.
1 A fieldwalking survey prior to gravel extraction found evidence of occupation at all levels of prehistory. However the density of the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age flint tools ...
Findspot - various finds of Prehistoric date, including flint artefacts and fragment of pottery, were found in the area of High Cross.
2 Ridge and furrow cultivation transcribed from air photographs.
Medieval ridge and furrow cultivation in the parish of Copston Magna. The ridge and furrow survives as an earthwork in some areas. In other areas it is visible on aerial photographs.
1 Earthwork remains of shrunken village on north side of Copston Magna village show on air photographs. These have been plotted on the ridge and furrow plot for Copston ...
The Medieval shrunken village of Copston Magna. The remains of the village are visible as an earthwork. The site is located to the north of Copston Magna.
2 Faint traces of a possible circular cropmark enclosure can be identified on an air photograph.
The site of a possible circular enclosure of unknown date. The enclosure is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. It is situated 600m north east of Copston Magna.