1 Small power station where Roman coins found when it was being built – ?1930s.
Findspot - Roman coins were found during building work 300m south of Princethorpe.
1 Cropmarks recorded in this field.
2 Aerial photographs.
3 W J Ford’s index records crop marks in this field. However, photographs kept by the Museum show no marks in this field ...
Various cropmarks of unknown date are visible on aerial photographs suggesting that this might be an archaeological site. The cropmarks are situated to the north of Princethorpe Great Wood.
1 L-shaped ditch shown adjacent to the manor house.
2 Site recently built on. Garden landscaped and no sign of ditch.
3 Marked on 1st edition Ordnance Survey mapping.
A possible moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building, which would have dated to the Medieval period. The moat is no longer visible as an earthwork. It was located 150m northwest of the Mission Church at Princethorpe.
1 St.Mary’s Priory was founded in 1832 for nuns of the Order of St. Benedict, with a girl’s school attached. The buildings, which include a church with a bell-tower, are ...
St Mary's Priory which was founded in the Imperial period for an order of Bendictine nuns. The priory is situated to the west of Princethorpe Great Wood.
1 A roughly E-shaped building of the 16th century, altered in the 17th and 19th. Of two storeys, part timber framed in the centre of the south front and ...
The site of a manor house that was originally built during the Medieval period. Alterations were made to the building during the Post Medieval and Imperial periods. The manor house is located in Princethorpe.
1 Fosse Way sectioned where it passes the Romano-British settlement. An early road was cut through by a Trajanic rubbish pit. The later Roman road was 45.7m to the W.
2 ...
Partial excavation of the Fosse Way uncovered traces of the early road. It had been damaged by the building of 4th century buildings. Late 1st century pottery and a rubbish pit were also found. The site lies 400m southeast of the Mission Church at Princethorpe.
1 Bloxam recorded a Romano British settlement on the Fosse Way and mentioned Romano British and Anglo Saxon finds. These included a Romano British bronze bull head, a bronze key, ...
Various finds of Roman date, including pottery, coins and brooches, suggest that this is the site of a Roman settlement. It is situated 400m south of Princethorpe.
1 Grey wares collected from here March 1957.
Findspot - fragments of Roman pottery were found 600m south east of Princethorpe.
1 One micro and blade core found in this area. In Coventry Museum.
2 Dating confirmed as Mesolithic.
Findspot - flint implements of Mesolithic date were found in the area of Princethorpe.
1 In 1580 the appurtenances to the manor of Princethorpe included two mills and a fishery in the Leam.
Documentary evidence from the Post Medieval period records two mills at Princethorpe. This is a possible site of one of the mills.
1 Priory farmhouse, listed Grade II, is a large farmhouse, basically early 19th century alterations to older buildings. At the time of the construction of St. Mary’s Priory, the building ...
Priory Farmhouse. During the Imperial period the building was used as an inn and a toll house, where travellers would pay a toll to use the toll road. It is situated 400m south east of Princethorpe College.
1 Find of a brooch fragment from the late 5th or 6th centuries in September 1996. Method of recovery unrecorded. No location given other than the parish.
Find of a brooch fragment from the Migration period in Princethorpe.
1 Fragment of a Roman bracelet found in or before 1997. Method of recovery unrecorded, and no specific location given.
Find of a fragment of a Roman bracelet in Princethorpe
1 Roman coins and artefacts found in 1990 at SP4070. Only a small part of the assemblage was seen at Birmingham Museum, the rest reported by the finder. No further ...
Numerous Roman coins, and various other metal objects found with the aid of a metal detector in Princethorpe. The exact location is unknown.
1 Roman pottery scatter found on surface of a ploughed field at the above grid reference in 1981 and given to the Museum. This is a mixed group, probably late ...
Findspot - a scatter of pottery was found 600m east of Princethorpe. When the pottery was examined it was found to be Roman in date.
1 Denarius of Elagabalus found in 1995. No grid reference supplied and the method of recovery was unrecorded.
Roman coin found in Princethorpe. No exact location recorded.
1 Two late Iron Age coins found in the Princethorpe/Wappenbury areas by means of metal detecting. Very vague locations given.
Find of two late Iron Age coins in the Princethorpe area. The exact location is unknown.
1 A linear cropmark is visible on aerial photographs running south west to north east in a field south of Princethorpe and south east of the Fosse Way. Possibly ...
A linear cropmark is visible on aerial photographs running south west to north east in a field south of Princethorpe and south east of the Fosse Way. Possibly route of Fosse Way or another Roman Road deviating from the Fosse.
1 Early Saxon socketed iron spearhead reported by metal detectorists.
2 Sketch in FI file.
3 Portable Antiquities Scheme find provenance information:
Date found: 2000-11-01T00:00:00Z
Methods of discovery: Metal detector
Findspot - an Anglo-Saxon iron spearhead, dating to the Migration period, was found 700m south of Princethorpe.
1 A scatter of eight coins of the 1st to 4th century reported by metal detectorists.
2 Greek imperial bronze coin, 2nd century AD, also found south of Fosse Way.
Findspot - several Roman coins were found in an area to the south of Princethorpe.
1 A Trajanic rubbish pit cut into the early course of the Fosse Way.
2 A second trench through the Fosse Way indicated that it was badly damaged by later Roman ...
A Roman rubbish pit and evidence of fourth century Roman buildings was found during an excavation, suggesting that this is the site of a Roman settlement. The site lies close to the Fosse Way Roman road, 500m southwest of the Mission Church at Princethorpe.
1 Bloxam records Roman (PRN 3106) and Anglo Saxon finds from Princethorpe. The Anglo Saxon finds include a large bronze brooch and an iron chisel.
3 A number of these finds ...
Various finds from this area, including brooches and pottery, suggest that this might be the site of an Anglo Saxon cemetery dating to the Migration or Early Medieval periods. The site lies 500m south of Princethorpe.
1 A number of coins of the 3rd and 4th century reported by metal detectorist.
2 These coins may be the same as those listed in this correspondence file, and which ...
Findspot - several Roman coins were found in the area of Princethorpe.