1 The Saxon burgh at Warwick was established by Ethelfleda in 914 to defend Mercia against the Danes. The site commanded the river valley and a natural crossing of ...
Documentary and place name evidence suggests that the line of the Early Medieval defences of the Saxon burgh follow the line of the later Medieval walls in Warwick.
1 Archaeological evaluation revealed the reoccupation of the site (following the site’s abandonment to cultivation in the late medieval period), in the course of the expansion of the town in ...
Features reflecting the 19th century housing developments along Dugdale Street and Chapel Street, as depicted on the 1887 OS map, were recorded at The Ropewalk, Chapel Street, Nuneaton.
1 A salvage recording undertaken during the groundworks for a detached dwelling recorded part of a masonry well or soakaway. These remains were thought to date to either the ...
Part of a medieval or post-medieval masonry well or soakaway and a post-medieval boundary wall and associated 20th century wall were recorded during the redevelopment of the site. The site is located in the southwest corner, The Old School House, Flecknoe.
1 Part of the precinct wall of Merevale Abbey survives, reinforced by hedge and fence to form field boundaries. Running SE from the parish church on the N side of ...
The remains of the precinct wall of Merevale Abbey which is Medieval in date. The site lies 220m south west of Abbey Farm.
1 2 The Walled Garden at Combe Abbey forms part of the Grade II* listed Registered Garden. The garden was created as part of Lancelot’ Capability’ Brown’s reorganisation of the ...
18th Century Walled Garden.
1 5.7m wide stone Roman foundation of Arden Stone supported on wooden piles (0.12m. diameter) driven into gravel. Part of the 4th century defences. Could be a tower or even ...
Two large sandstone foundations, likely part of the 4th century defences were found below the passage way between 53 and 55 High Street. The larger foundation was built on wooden piles.
1 The Norman keep could have been preceded by a motte and bailey castle (PRN 3200), although Chatwin thinks that this is unlikely. Chatwin suggests that the keep was constructed ...
Phase two in the building of Kenilworth castle included the a great keep and a curtain wall with towers that were built during the mid to late 1100s and early 1200s.
1 The area within the moat was surrounded by a stone wall. In 1923 two brothers excavated a trench about 3.6m square to a depth of 1.5m at the E ...
The site of a curtain wall, which was built during the Medieval and Post Medieval period. The stone wall surrounded the area inside the moat at the Pleasance, situated 1km west of the castle. The foundations of a building are still visible at the site.
1 Watching brief produced evidence for timber piles and sandstone. No clear dating evidence, but probably the remains of the later (?C4) defensive circuit of the town.
2 Site no 58 ...
The remains of the defences of the Roman town at Alcester were found to the east of Moorfield Road.
1 1976: A trench, 38m long, was cut and some points on the N section recorded. From the E end a dark mixed layer extended 2.75m W. W of this ...
Remains of the defences of the Roman town of Alcester were found east of Moorfield Road, Alcester.
1 A section cut through the defences of the Roman town revealed a clay rampart of C2 or later date. In front was a 2.7m wide wall. No defensive ditch ...
Sections of the defences of the Roman town of Alcester have been found during excavation. They comprised an earth rampart and a wall.
1 Observation of a sewer trench revealed a section through the town defences of Roman Alcester similar to that revealed further N (MWA479).
2 Preliminary trenching at a housing site, Gas ...
A section of the Roman defences around the town of Alcester were found on the north side of Gas House Lane.
It is may be associated with the parklands of The Spring House shown on the 1st edition map (c.1880), possibly a field boundary as it is reported to form part ...
It is may be associated with the parklands of The Spring House shown on the 1st edition map (c.1880), possibly a field boundary as it is reported to form part of a ridge running for approximately 20m.
1 The fortification of Warwick was complicated by the building of a town wall, possibly placed near Ethelfleda’s rampart (PRN 2191). The earth rampart was located during excavation in 1964. ...
Warwick defences, consisting of a Town Wall and Ditch. Documentary evidence has suggested the line for the Medieval Defences, which has been subject to excavation; in places it survives a a rock-cut ditch with eroded bedrock backfill.
