1 Observation of topsoil stripping in February-March 1994 on behalf of Alfred McAlpine construction Ltd revealed the presence of a Romano-British rural settlement covering c.3.5ha. The settlement consisted of ...
Evidence of a Romano-British Rural Settlement found at Abbots Salford Quarry. The decision was made to exclude the site from extraction and it was subsequently reburied.
1 During an evaluation a concentration of features from around three trial trenches identifed a late Iron Age/early Romano British settlement which was dated by pottery and which probably fell ...
Evidence for a late Iron Age/early Romano British settlement was uncovered in Salford Priors.
1 A crop mark was excavated in advance of construction of the A435. A large , slightly bowed, gravel filled ditch measuring 2.85m wide, which formed the eastern side of ...
Part of a cropmark was excavated and a ditch, a pit and a posthole were uncovered. These features were possibly of Iron Age date.
1 Find made with a metal detector in 1987: A 17th century bronze buckle.
Findspot - a bronze buckle dating to the Post Medieval period was found 750m south east of Salford Coppice, Salford Priors.
1 Finds made with a metal detector in 1986: Coin of James II (1689), 16th – 18th century decorative bronze fragment.
Findspot - a coin and a bronze object dating to the Post Medieval period were found 500m north of Salford Priors.
1 In the field known as the Vineyard, adjoining the church on the west, are some mounds and ditches which have often been supposed to mark the foundations of ...
A series of earthworks and parchmarks which indicate the site of a moated manor site and related building are visible on Google Earth and LiDAR imagery. Previously interpreted as a quarry site.
1 In 1506 William Grey depopulated seven houses here. His son appears to have rebuilt them in 1519.
2 No trace of desertion was found.
3 A linear bank and rectangular ditch ...
The site of a shrunken village at Wood Bevington. The village is known to have existed from documentary evidence. It dates from the Medieval period.
1 The 1607 Depopulation Returns list Cock Bevington.
2 The field S of Bevington Hall contains irregular earthworks, which may be the remains of house platforms. At one point in the ...
The possible site of a deserted settlement dating to the Medieval period. The remains of the settlement are visible as an earthwork. It is also known from documentary evidence and is located 600m north west of Iron Cross.
1 Shaft-hole axe-hammer found at Abbots Salford. In good condition. Complete apart from section (Wa 20/ah). Length 200 mm, width 90 mm, diameter of centre hole 20 mm. Found when ...
Findspot - an axe-hammer dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age periods. It was found near Abbot's Salford.
1 Roman coins have been found in the neighbourhood of Salford.
2 Noted in VCH.
3 Two coins of the 4th century were found in 1989 in Salford Priors. No specific grid ...
Findspot - several coins dating to the Roman period. The exact location of the findspot is unknown but the coins were discovered in the area of Salford.
1 The road from Park Hall to Dunnington, across what was once Dunnington Heath, used to be known as Gallows Lane, from the gallows that stood on the Heath in ...
Documentary evidence indicates that this is the the site of gallows, a structure used for execution by hanging. The gallows were in use during the Post Medieval and Imperial periods. The location was on Dunnington Heath.
Possible site of Medieval chapel.
1 Two private chapels are mentioned in the parish in the C14. In 1344 a licence was granted to Agnes Austin for a chapel in her ...
Documentary evidence suggests that there was a Medieval Chapel at Salford Priors.
1 Square marks seen on aerial photograph commissioned by the Soil Survey.
The site of an enclosure which is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. The enclosure may date to the Roman period. It is located 600m north of Bevington Waste.
1 Aerial Photograph
2 A double ditched rectangular enclosure about 60m x 30m with a narrow entrance through both ditches on the SE. Inside the enclosure are two adjoining enclosures – ...
The possible site of a settlement. Enclosures, pits, ditches, and a possible field system are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. Its date is uncertain, but it could be Iron Age. The features are situated 500m north west of the church at Salford Priors.
2 Undated settlement site, consisting of penannular gullies, enclosures and linear features, shows on air photographs. On morphological grounds the site is probably of Iron Age and Roman date.
2 At ...
The site of settlement which is visible as a cropmarks on aerial photographs. It includes enclosures, ring ditches and linear features which have been interpreted as possible boundary ditches. The date of the settlement is unknown but it is likely to span from the Bronze Age to possibly the Roman period. It is situated 1km south west of Rushington.
1 Enclosures and linear features show on air photographs. Morphologically this site is probably a settlement of Roman date.
2 The site was fieldwalked in October 1986 and a very sparse ...
A settlement that is visible as a series of cropmarks on aerial photographs. It dates to the Roman period. During an excavation enclosures and trackways were discovered and several gullies dating to the Iron Age. It is situated 900m north of Salford Priors.
1 The moat surrounding Salford Hall is ornamental and of no archaeological significance.
2 At N of Abbots Salford Hall is a double moat enclosing an area of about 98m long ...
A possible moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building, of Post Medieval date. It is still visible as an earthwork, and is situated 200m east of the church at Abbot's Salford.
1 Woodchurch would seem to preserve the tradition of what is probably only a chapel. Ragley MS iii would seem to place Woodchurch near Pitchill Farm.
2 No trace of desertion ...
The site of a Medieval deserted settlement, known as Woodchurch. The settlement is known from documentary evidence. It was located 500m south west of Rushford.
1 Evaluation of a cropmark site in advance of quarrying was unable to clarify the status of trackways associated with a known Roman settlement, (SAM 162). Open area excavation revealed ...
Evidence of Iron Age/ Romano British settlement uncovered during a series of evaluations and excavations. The site is located 600m to the east of Marsh Farm, Salford Priors.
1 Assorted flints.
2 Six worked flakes and one waste one found at SP07955156 in, or before 1989. They date from approximately 3,000BC to approximately 2,000 BC.
3 Drawing of two examples ...
Findspot - assorted flints dating to the Prehistoric period were found 700m north east of the church, Salford Priors.
1 Possible Roman weight and brooch fragment.
2 Coin of the 4th century; possibly an imitation.
3 Six coins from the 3rd and 4th centuries were found in 1989.
4 Four Roman coins ...
Findspot - various coins and pottery, dating to the Roman period, were found 700m north east of the church, Salford Priors.
1 Fragment of Medieval bronze ring, perhaps horse harness.
2 Late Medieval bronze cooking pot fragment, usually associated with wealthy households.
Findspot - a fragment of a bronze cooking pot and a bronze ring, dating to the Medieval period, was found 700m north east of the church, Salford Priors.
1 Curved piece of Post Medieval bronze, perhaps a drawer handle.
2 Bronze medal commemorating the exploits of Admiral Vernon in the war against Spain from 1739-1741.
Findspot - a bronze medal and a bronze object, dating to the Post Medieval period, were found 700m north east of the church, Salford Priors.
1 Assorted finds.
Findspot - various finds dating to the Imperial period were found 700m north east of the church, Salford Priors.