1 Excavations in advance of the Kenilworth bypass have revealed a series of enigmatic circular pits 1.2m in diameter cut into the sandstone bedrock at the E end of Blacklow ...
An arrangement of pits, post holes and two burials were discovered during excavations on Blacklow Hill. The site may represent an Anglo Saxon religious site dating to the Migration period.
1 Site of Anglo-Saxon settlement at Coleshill.
The place name ‘Coleshill’ is Anglo-Saxon in origin.
During the early Anglo-Saxon period, Coleshill lay in the area of the Tomesaetan and in the Mercian ...
Sited on a prominent hill on the river Cole, near its confluence with the Blythe and Tame, and close to the Mercian royal centre of Tamworth and Lichfield.
1 Site of possible medieval settlement at Heath End.
Watkins shows the site of the medieval Heath End in the Parish of Coleshill. Situated south of the medieval town of Coleshill.
Site of possible medieval settlement south of Coleshill.
1 Lillington. Saxon loomweight. ‘NB. This type is of an earlier date than the two from Atherstone.’ WM Accession A 521.
Findspot - a Saxon loomweight dating to the Migration period was found in Lillington. The exact location of the findspot is unknown.
1 One Anglo Saxon bead was found by F E Showkin at Milverton in 1897 and donated to the Museum.
Find spot - an Anglo-Saxon bead was found but the exact location of the find was not recorded.
1 A series of sixteen graves, dating from between the 7th and 9th centuries, were recorded during flood compensation works in Centenary Gardens. The burials were mostly adults and displayed ...
A series of sixteen graves, dating from between the 7th and 9th centuries, were recorded during flood compensation works in Centenary Gardens. The burials were mostly adults and displayed a range of pathologies, indicating joint disease, infections and dental disease.
1 “..adjoining Bascote…Saxon spearheads, a javelin or two, and a knife, were found when quarrying for limestone. These relics have passed into the hands of Miss Mathews of Ashby ...
The possible site of an Anglo-Saxon burial dating to the Migration or Early Medieval period. Various finds from the site included spearheads and a knife. The site is located in the area of Tomlow.
1 A flat-based pit was recorded during strip, map and sample excavation at Middleton, measuring 2.7m by 2.65m, with three stakeholes within this pit. It was interpreted as a sunken-featured ...
A flat-based pit was recorded during strip, map and sample excavation at Middleton; it was interpreted as a sunken-featured building of likely Anglo-Saxon date, although the chronology of the feature was not clear.
1 Find of an Anglo Saxon brooch fragment in 1986 at SP10605208.
2 Drawing of 1.
3 This record is a duplicate of SWA 5696.
Find of a fragment of a brooch from the Migration period 50 southeast of Grafton Lane.
1 Found in 1994 at SP46007900. The method of recovery was not recorded.
Anglo Saxon trial piece brooch found 600 m south west of Easenhall.
Originally on Solihull HER MSI1828 – 5829
1 2 It was in existence in C9, known as Fox Shawe – Place of Foxes.
3 Dubious as not referenced in above source. ...
Medieval settlement.
1 BRETFORD is recorded as a Borough in 1279 and in 1334 Subsidy was valued at £31.13. A market charter for Tues granted 2 Sept 1227, by K ...
On the Fosse. Granted a market and a fair in the 13th century. Recorded as a borough at around this time.
1 Narrow curvilinear ditches which post dated Romano British features and pre dated the medieval tenements, were uncovered during an excavation. Two sherds of Anglo Saxon pottery were found indicating ...
Evidence of possible Anglo Saxon activity to the west of Chapel Street, Long Lawford.
1 Find of an Anglo Saxon brooch fragment in, or before 1990. The location was described as “Whetstone Road Building Site, Nuneaton”. There is no Whetstone Road, but it could ...
Find of a fragment of an Anglo Saxon brooch in Nuneaton. The exact location is not known
1 Four Anglo Saxon strap-ends found in the Fell Mill area of Honington in spring 1996. No specific grid references were given, nor was the method of recovery recorded.
2 Two ...
Anglo Saxon items including strap-ends found in the Fell Mill area of Honington/Shipston on Stour.
1 Strap end from the 9th century found at the Cherry Trees Motel site in August 1992.
2 A 9th century strap end and a 6th century square headed brooch were ...
Find of items from the Migration/Early Medieval period from the Cherry Trees Motel site in Alcester.
1 Anglo-Saxon pot (Anglian decoration) found in 1864 when digging for stone within half a mile of the village of Long Itchington, ‘upon a high mound presumed to be a ...
The site of a possible Anglo Saxon burial dating to the Migration or Early Medieval period. An urn and fragments of human bone were found within a earth mound. The site lies 600m north of Long Itchington.
1 A loomweight with the impression of a buckle on it was found at Binton and is now in Warwick Museum.
2 Accession Card.
3 Drawing.
Findspot - a loomweight dating to the Migration period was found 100m north west of the church at Binton.
1 Portable Antiquities Scheme find provenance information:
Date found: 2006-04-18T23:00:00Z
Methods of discovery: Metal detector
2 Further information on the find of this early medieval cast copper alloy amulter, and the interpretation of ...
A cast copper alloy early medieval amulet, with runic inscriptions on both faces was reported by a metal detectorist from Billesley. The runic inscription may be composed in Latin, not Anglo-Saxon, suggesting a Christian association and hence a date after c.1000 AD.
1 Cock Bevington. A Saxon spearhead turned up by the motor plough in the field opposite the farm house. It was approximately where there had been a hedge recently. The ...
Findspot - an Anglo Saxon spearhead, dating to the Migration or Early Medieval period, was found near Cock Bevington.
1 Excavation 1968-70 produced 53 inhumations with grave goods of late Roman/early Saxon date.
2 1968: A Saxon cemetery and settlement found in sand digging. 22 skeletons have been excavated ...
A settlement and complete cemetery of early Saxon date was discovered during excavation. 45 skeletons were revealed, a further 6 were thought to have been destroyed by sand extraction. The cemetery was situated to the west of Stretton on Fosse.
1 A mandible reported to police was subsequently sent for radiocarbon dating and osteological analysis. The mandible, probably from a female over 35 years, was suggested as having become displaced ...
A mandible reported to police was subsequently sent for radiocarbon dating and osteological analysis. The mandible, probably from a female over 35 years, was suggested as having become displaced from a previously unidentified Anglo-Saxon cemetery.
1 A bronze pennanular brooch of about 5th century, found at Stratford on Avon. In a paper by Reginald Smith it was stated that it was found in ...
The remains of an Anglo Saxon burial, dating to the Migration period, was found 600m south east of Clopton. The burial included a small number of bones and a brooch. It is not known whether it was a cremation or an inhumation. At Stratford-upon-Avon, a fifth century bronze penannular brooch was found after these by a Mr Wellstood.
1 Anglo Saxon saucer brooch 5th century or 6th century date.
Findspot - an Anglo-Saxon saucer brooch, dating to the Migration period, was found the A5 at Churchover.