12 In November 1790, three skeletons were found lying from N-S, with a bed of limestone above and below, about 0.76m below the surface. The most careful burial of the ...
The possible site of an Anglo Saxon cemetery. Several burials, dating to the Migration period, were found. They contained grave goods, including a spearhead and a sword. The burials were situated to the south west of Halford Bridge.
1 1836: An urn of black clay was dug up c197m E of the King Stone. It contained bits of burnt bone and the ‘blade of an old razor’ – ...
The possible site of a cemetery dating to the Migration period. It is situated 1km south east of The Hollows.
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 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 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 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 During the 1924-1925 excavations of the R.B. cemetery, 2 skeletons were found in the bunkers of the golf course. These were differently disposed to those of the main ...
The site of two burials which were found during an excavation. They dated to the Migration or Early Medieval periods. The burials were found in the area of Tiddington.
1 November 1927, during quarrying operations at the W end of Napton Hill, a Saxon internment was found. It was much disturbed before it was realised that it was anything ...
The site of a possible Anglo Saxon burial dating to the Migration or Early Medieval period. The remains of a sword and a shield boss were found. The site lies to the west of Napton Hill. Possibly more than one burial.
1 Bradley Lodge. In making the garden before 1939 (to NW) Anglo Saxon finds were discovered. One fibula still in possession of the owner.
2 Possible Anglo Saxon cemetery site.
3 The ...
The possible site of an Anglo Saxon cemetery dating to the Migration period. The site is suggested by several finds of Anglo Saxon objects which have been recovered from this location, north of Tiddington Road. Probably spurious and finds likely to be from Alveston Manor (MWA5162)
1 Rabbit activity has brought human bones, apparently from a crouched burial, to the surface at this location. No artefacts were found with the burial.
2 The upper part of ...
The site of a burial, possibly Anglo-Saxon and dating to the Migration or Early Medieval periods. The site is located 500m north east of Ryehill Spinney.
1 1908. The remains of about 35 skeletons were discovered on the summit of Mount Pleasant by men quarrying for ironstone. According to the manager, the bodies, ...
The site of an Anglo Saxon cemetery, dating to the Migration or Early Medieval period. About 35 individuals were found. Some of them were buried with objects which included various pots and a seax. The cemetery was located on Pleasant Hill, Burton Dassett.
1 In Mill Field, near the Rectory, some curious Roman and Druidical antiquities have been found. Skeletons, coins and beads have been found in various parts of the parish.
2 A ...
The possible site of an Anglo Saxon cemetery, dating to the Migration or Early Medieval period. Two skeletons, one of a woman and one a child, were found to the north of the church at Lighthorne.