1 Site of fishpond marked on OS map of 1887.
The site of a fishpond, used for breeding and storing fish. The site was located on Atherstone Recreation Ground during the Imperial period but may have its origins in an earlier period.
1 Site of canal wharf marked on OS map of 1887.
The site of a canal wharf where vessels would have loaded and unloaded goods. It dates to the Imperial period and was situated 150m south of Stoneleigh Glebe Farm. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1887.
1 Site of tramway marked on OS map of 1887.
The site of a tramway which was in use during the Imperial period. It was situated 50m south of Cherrytree Farm.
1 Site of marlpit marked on OS map of 1887.
The site of a marl pit from which marl was extracted for use as fertiliser. It was in use during the Imperial period and was situated east of Mancetter Road, Mancetter.
1 1959. This hoard was found by a chance excavation outside the main gates of Mancetter Manor. Some fragments of red ware jug base and mortaria, not sufficient ...
Findspot - a hoard of coins dating to the Roman period was found west of Quarry Lane, Mancetter.
1 Worked flints collected, on show at Blakesley Hall. Blakesley Hall Museum holds a representative collection of flints but these are not individually identified.
2 3 leaf shaped arrowheads have been ...
Findspot - flint implements of Prehistoric date were found 400m north west of Quarry Farm.
1 Find of loomweights marked on maps by WJF.
Findspot - loom weights of unknown date were found 350m south east of Witherley Bridge, Mancetter.
1 This is a general number for Medieval Mancetter.
The Medieval town of Mancetter.
1 Several sites revealed in recently ploughed fields, evidence for intensive occupation in the form of a building scatter of local stone, pottery and slag. Lies adjacent to a ...
The site of a settlement dating to the Medieval period. The site lies 400m south of Mancetter Village.
1 Possible enclosure(s) are just visible on aerial photographs.
2 A roughly rectangular enclosure on the north side of Watling Street. The enclosure bulges out on the south side, towards ...
An enclosure of unknown date is visible as a crop mark on aerial photographs. It is situated 330m south east of the Bull Inn, Mancetter.
1 A possible trackway shows on aerial photographs as a parch mark forming ditch.
2 The track fades out to the N and its relationship to ridge and furrow in the ...
A Roman Road is visible as a crop mark on aerial photographs. It's existance was proved during excavations. It is situated 50m south of Witherley Road.
1 Cropmarks, possibly indicating linear features, show on an aerial photograph.
2 These cropmarks are very faint and rather dubiou, may well have a geological origin.
3 Appears cropmark comprises two linear, ...
Linear features, which may be Roman in date, are visible as crop marks on aerial photographs. Their function is not known but they lie 450m north west of Crab Tree Farm.
1 1955: A section was cut through the bank and ditch which is clearly visible E of the Almshouses. This section revealed a ditch 2.6m wide and 2.1m deep from ...
The site of a part of the defensive ditch of the Roman fort at Mancetter. The site lies 30m east of Mancetter Road, Mancetter.
1 1983: 5 Roman pottery kilns were revealed at Cherry Tree Farm by top soil stripping of an area c100 by 10m prior to the laying of a water and ...
The site of five Roman pottery kilns which have been excavated. The location is to the west of Hartshill Wharf.
1 Middle Bronze Age palstave found at Hartshill.
2 The palstave was found by the finder probably while he was farming an area of land at Ridge Lane.
3 It was impossible ...
Findspot - a Bronze Age palstave was found in an area south of Ridge Lane.
1 1984. An area 9m x 10m was excavated prior to the construction of a house. A number of features belonged to the early Roman fort sequence. These included at ...
A defensive ditch and features that suggest buildings stood on this site in the Roman period, and were recorded during an excavation. The site lies 50m west of Quarry Lane, Mancetter.
1 At Mancetter Spring Farm a field that had been ploughed for the first time in the farmer’s lifetime yielded a possible microlith and three longish blades, WA 6073, from ...
Findspot - flint artefacts that were of Mesolithic date were found 225m north west of Mancetter Spring Farm.
1 Fragment of unfinished (unperforated) battle-axe (diorite, akin to Group XIV) excavated at the Roman kiln field at Witherley, 1970 (24/ah), WA 387. Now in the British Museum.
Findspot - a fragment of a Neolithic or Bronze Age axe which was found 450m north west of Crab Tree Farm.
1 Finds from excavation of Roman features inside Mancetter fort (PRN 3498) include a Dobunnic silver coin.
2 ANTED 387 (Seaby 260) Quater? Half stater? AR 15mm diameterDobunni/Coritani region (Face right, ...
Findspot - a coin of Iron Age date was found west of Quarry Lane, Mancetter.
1 Medieval activity on this site was represented by a large subrectangular pit and a number of smaller features.
A pit dating to the Medieval period was excavated 130m east of Mancetter Farm.
2 Faint linear feature and a possible circular feature show on aerial photographs. These marks are of dubious significance.
A linear feature of unknown date and function is visible as a crop mark and on aerial photographs. It is situated 500m northeast of St Lawrence's Wood, Mancetter.
2 Faint linear features, possibly farming enclosures, show on air photographs.
Linear features of unknown date and function visible as crop marks on aerial photographs. They are situated 230m south of Witherley Bridge.
1 Ice house marked on map.
The site of an icehouse, built partly under ground and used for storing ice. It was built during the Imperial period and is situated 125m south of Harper's Lane, Mancetter.
1 Ring money from Mancetter. It belongs to the Late Bronze Age and probably came from Ireland.
2 Probably solid gold. Weight 139 grammes. LBA
3 Noted.
4 Noted.
Findspot - a pennaular ring ('ring money') gold object which was of Bronze Age date was found in the area of Mancetter.