1 A prefabricated (concrete panel shuttered) pillbox that might have been part of the Oxford/ Birmingham stop line.
2 Note, including sketches and photographs (3 pages).
3 A substantial reference guide.
4 ‘The ...
A Second World War pillbox, a small concrete building whose walls contained loopholes. The pillbox housed guns. It was used to defend the Grand Union Canal, which formed a defensive line between Birmingham and Oxford. The pillbox is located to the west of Chapel Hill.
1 Pair of incomplete anti tank road blocks on the western approach to Bridge 114 of the Oxford Canal. These may have been deployed as part of the Oxford/ Birmingham ...
The remains of a Second World War tank trap. It comprises two octagonal concrete blocks that were used as road block. They are situated to the west of Chapel Green and were used to defend the bridge over the Grand Union Canal.
1 A prefabricated (concrete panel shuttered) pillbox that might have been part of the Oxford/ Birmingham stop line.
2 Note, including sketches and photographs (3 pages).
3 A substantial reference guide.
4 ‘The ...
A Second World War pillbox, a concrete building that housed guns which were used to defend a vulnerable point along a road, railway or canal. The pillbox is situated to the east of Napton Holt.
1 Pair of incomplete anti tank road blocks in a field adjacent to the western approach to Bridge 116 of the Oxford Canal.
2 Note, including sketches and photographs.
3 Prefab type ...
A World War Two tank trap comprising a pair of concrete road blocks. They were situated on the western approach to the bridge over the canal, east of Napton Holt.
Negative Watching Brief.
1 A watching brief undertaken during the excavation of foundation trenches failed to reveal any significant archaeological deposits.
1 Dead Leys Field and the adjoining Johnsons Field contain a complex of earthworks with a well-defined hollow way and croft boundaries. A large platform at SP4660 was said to ...
The Medieval shrunken village of Chapel Green is visible as an earthwork. Among the visible features are enclosures and a hollow way. The site is located between Chapel Hill and Napton on the Hill.
1 A ‘Crowners Quest’ was held on three human skeletons which were discovered in 1720 at this grid reference. The field is now called Grimes Field after a local farmer.
2 ...
Three burials, possibly of Medieval date, were found during the 1720s. They may have been plague burial or they might have been associated with the chapel that is supposed to have existed in this area. The burials were found 100m south of Pillory Green, Napton on the Hill.
1 In Bays Green is a very deep hollow way typical of those associated with DMVs in the heavy clay soils of the Feldon. Aerial photography shows the hollow way ...
The possible site of a Medieval shrunken village. A hollow way is visible as an earthwork. The site lies to the west of Chapel Green.
1 The hollow way in Bays Green (PRN 6213) bifurcates, and at the N bifurcation earthworks indicate a courtyard type of building; this was confirmed by a strong parch mark ...
The remains of a Medieval building were found during the excavation at this multi-period site. It was situated at Chapel Green, Napton on the Hill.
1 The Medieval building was destroyed, one of the walls of the building was robbed out and a quantity of pottery deposited in a nearby rubbish pit.
Findspot - fragments of Post Medieval pottery were found during the excavation of an earlier building. The pottery was found at Chapel Green.
1 Tramway marked on 1886 map.
The site of a tramway which was in use during the Imperial period. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. The tramway was situated to the west of Napton Hill.
Negative watching brief.
1 An archaeological observation carried out by Warwickshire Museum, revealed no archaeological features of interest.
Excavated
1 A few sherds of Iron Age ware indicated an earlier occupation.
3 Noted by Ordnance Survey.
Findspot - fragments of Iron Age pottery were found during the excavation of a Medieval building. The finds suggest that this site might have been occupied during the Iron Age. The pottery was found at Chapel Green.
1 The earliest evidence on the site was a ditch crossing the excavation which contained a quantity of Romano-British pottery. This was U-shaped, about 0.5m wide and 0.4m deep, running ...
Findspot - various finds of Roman date, including pottery, burnt brick and bone was found during the excavation of a Medieval building. The finds suggest that this may have been an industrial site during the Roman period. The finds came from the area of Chapel Green.
1 A turnpike road established in 1765.
A toll road which was established in the Imperial period and ran between Warwick and Northampton via Southam.
12 A set of settlement earthworks were identified, from Google Earth satellite imagery, by the AOC Assessment of Local Services Villages for Stratford-on-Avon District Council in 2012.
34 These features are ...
A set of earthworks visible on LiDAR imagery; these features are related to the former extent of medieval settlement at Chapel Green.