1 Metal detecting in February 1984 produced a half penny of Henry VIII, mint Canterbury.
Findspot - a coin dating to the Post Medieval period was found in the area to the south of Wootton Wawen.
1 An area of relict features, many in a very good state of preservation. Chief among them is what appears to have been a very small motte and bailey castle. ...
The site of a possible Medieval motte and bailey castle. It is visible as an earthwork, though it has also been suggested that the site is an ice house or Post Medieval fishpond. It is located 200m south of the church, Wootton Wawen.
1 A hollow way running E-W is crossed by a N-S road. At the SE angle of the two roads is a group of six building platforms. One is much ...
The site of a possible Medieval shrunken village at Wootton Wawen. It is visible as an earthwork and features include house platforms and a hollow way.
1 Find with a metal detector in 1984: Coin of Constantine I (c333-4).
2 Find with a metal detector in 1984: Roman As (C2-C3)
3 Find with a metal detector in 1985: ...
Findspot - several coins dating to the Roman period were found 500m north east of the church, Wootton Wawen.
1 Finds made with a metal detector included an annular brooch, probably Medieval in date, and a Lombardic letter ‘D’.
2 Probably formed part of a Lombardic letter inscription on a ...
Findspot - objects, including a brooch, dating to the Medieval period. The finds were made 400m south west of Foreign Park.
1 A turnpike road established from 1766-7 onwards, but which appears to have lapsed in the early 19th century. Well documented road under the control of the Earl of Catherlough.
The site of a toll road dating to the Imperial period. Travellers would have had to pay a toll to use the road, which runs from Northfield to Wootton Wawen.
1 Finds made with a metal detector in 1985: Threepence of Elizabeth I and tile fragments and potsherds.
Findspot - a coin and potsherds dating to the Post Medieval period were found 800m north east of the church, Wootton Wawen.
1 A fishpond which may have been the ‘Newenton Ponde’ recorded in a perambulation of 1608 has been surveyed by a University of Warwick extramural class. The pool lay beside ...
A fishpond used for the breeding and storage of fish, which dates to the Medieval/Post Medieval period. An associated dam is also visible as an earthwork. The site has been fully surveyed, and is situated to the south of Hunger Hill, Wootton Wawen.
1 Find with a metal detector in 1985: A 15th-17th century decorated bronze boss.
Findspot - a decorated bronze boss dating to the Medieval period was found near Austy Wood.
1 The line the possible Roman road is reported as surviving continuously for about 6km in the present (1985) road between Wootton Wawen and Ullenhall, and intermittently thereafter in ...
The site of a possible Roman Road is indicated by some of the findings made during archaeological work in connection with The Wooton Wawen Project (1983-1990).
1 It is reported that in 1985, in one of the fields of Pennyford Hall Farm, part of a Roman road was found. This road may have run ...
The line of a road, possibly dating to the Roman period. A length of possible Roman Road is indicated by some findings made on Pennyford Hall Farm, south-west of Wootton Wawen, during archaeological work in connection with The Wooton Wawen Project (1983-1990).
1 Details of dark soilmarks were reported by a member of the public, in the agricultural land immediately to the south of the present Austy Wood, that used to lie ...
A series of dark sub-circular soilmarks were identified by a member of the public. These, and some possible linear features can be seen on modern aerial photographs. A small collection of flints have also been picked up across these fields.
1 A road runs northwards through the parish from the former settlement of Warnap (WA 1245) at SP12 64, towards the road from Gorcott Hill to Ullenhall. It joined ...
The route of an abandoned road or hollow way dating from the Medieval to the Imperial period. It ran from Ullenhall Lane towards Oldberrow and survives as an earthwork.
1 Earthwork identified by Bryn Gethin on LiDAR and modern aerial mapping. It could be an Iron Age defended enclosure or small Hill Fort.
2 Documentary research did not uncover evidence ...
Ditched earthwork is visible on LiDAR and modern aerial photographs. This could be the remains of a small Hillfort or defended enclosure. It could also be a seige castle.
Site of Ice-house at Wootton Wawen Hall, Wootton Wawen.
Ice-house stood about 10 yds (9 m) from the lake.. Constructed of brick it was a beehive type with domed roof. Beamon ...
Brick beehive-type ice-house stood close to lake. Now demolished.
1 A set of agricultural buildings arranged along three sides of a farm courtyard. Partially two-storied, with later additions. The buildings were subject to a basic photographic record prior to ...
A set of agricultural buildings arranged along three sides of a farm courtyard.
1 The ice house at Wootten Wawen no longer exists. For a long time previous to its demolition it was in a state of collapse. It was situated only about ...
The site of an icehouse, a structure built partially underground and used to store ice during the warmer months. The icehouse was in use during the Post Medieval and Imperial periods. It was situated next to Wootton Pool.
Duplicate of MWA13131
1 This may have been one of the three mills in Wootton Wawen recorded in 1086. Nothing else is known of its early history. Information on ownership exists for the ...
Penny Ford Mill, the remains of a watermill. This may be one of three mills in Wootton Wawen recorded in the Domesday survey. By 1900 it had gone out of use. The building survives, much altered, 300m north east of Pennyford Lane.
1 This may have been one of the three watermills in Wootton Wawen recorded in 1086. In the early 18th century the mill on this site was converted for paper ...
Wootton Wawen Mill, the remains of a watermill. This mill may be one of three recorded in the parish in the Domesday survey. In the 18th century it became a paper mill, and was later used to generate electricity. The building, 150m east of Wootton Bridge, is now a store.
1 Three mills are recorded at Wootton Wawen in 1086.
2 This mill may also be that marked on a 16th century map of Wootton Wawen and another map of 18th ...
The possible site of a watermill. This may be one of three mills that were recorded in the Domesday survey. The site is 400m south west of Pettiford Bridge.
1 A dovecote is mentioned in descriptions of the priory close in 1442 and 1588. it is marked on a 16th century map of Wootton and on the tithe ...
The site of a possible Medieval dovecote, a building used for the breeding and housing of doves or pigeons. There is documentary evidence for its existence from the Medieval to the Imperial period. It was situated west of the church at Wootton Wawen.
1 18th century house, possibly with earlier elements.
2 No mention of moat in reference 1. It is marked on the OS 1:10560. The moat has been filled in.
3 There are ...
The site of a possible moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building, dating from the Medieval period. Very little is still visible as an earthwork. It was situated 200m north of St Peter's Church, Wootton Wawen.
1 On the site of Sillesburne Farmhouse once stood a hermitage, mention of which is made in the will of John Harewell who died 1428.
2 The hermitage of Silesbourne was ...
The site of a monastery or hermitage dating to the Medieval period. The site is known from documentary evidence. It was situated 800m north of Newnham.
1 Behind Wootton Hall is a dovecote “ancient and built of stone”
2 Rubble dovecote with timber frame exposed in the gable ends, lantern.
3 Building extant, in good condition.
4 Dovecote number ...
Wootton Hall Dovecote, a building used for the breeding and housing of doves or pigeons. It dates to the Post Medieval period, and is situated 300m north east of the church at Wootton Wawen.