1 A Neolithic mortuary enclosure with a number of pits and one cremation. A large number of flint flakes and tools in this area.
A Neolithic mortuary enclosure was excavated at this site. A cremation, post holes, a ditch and pits were found. The site was 600m south of Wasperton.
1 May 1957. Anglo Saxon shield boss, spearhead and ferrule together with parts of a skeleton found at a depth of…. The boss, spearhead and ferrule now in Birmingham Museum. ...
An Anglo Saxon burial was found outside the western rampart of Meon Hill hillfort in 1957. Further finds suggest other burials.
1 Of stone, in the Early English style, with a spire. In the interior is an ancient square oak table placed here by Mr Bloxam. There is also a chapel ...
A Church of England mortuary chapel which was built during the Imperial period. It is situated in Clifton Road Cemetery, Rugby.
1 A chapel for dissenters.
2 Almost a mirror image of the C of E mortuary chapel (PRN 5478). Now used as a tool store.
A Nonconformist mortuary chapel which was built during the Imperial period. The building is still standing but is in use as a tool store. It is situated in the Clifton Road Cemetery, Rugby.
1 Roman/Anglo Saxon cemetery (PRN 5504) excavated between 1980 and 1985 in advance of gravel extraction. This lay within a subsquare enclosure, although it overlapped the enclosure on all sides. ...
A cemetery dating to the Roman period was discovered during an archaeological excavation. The cemetery contained at least 40 burials. Finds included hobnailed footwear and metal work. The site is located south of Wasperton.
1 Roman/Anglo Saxon cemetery (PRN 5503) excavated between 1980 and 1985 in advance of gravel extraction. This lay within a subsquare enclosure, although it overlapped the enclosure on all sides. ...
An Anglo Saxon cemetery dating to the Migration period was discovered during an archaeological excavation. It contained at least 116 burials and 24 cremations. Finds included spears, knives, brooches and beads. The site is located south of Wasperton.
1 About a mile towards Willey from Cestersover the railway cut through an ancient burial place. The graves were filled with dark coloured sand, apparently brought from a distance. The ...
The site of a cemetery of unknown date. The cemetery was discovered during the construction of a railway cutting. The site lies 600m north east of Little Walton.
1 Suggestions of a long barrow. No further information.
2 This is dubious and requires a site visit.
The site of a possible long barrow of Neolithic date. It is located 300m south of Lighthorne.
1 In 1925 Stratford Golf Course was laid out and much Romano British material was found in and around the holes to the N of the course. An archaeologist observed ...
The 1925 excavation of the Roman site at Tiddington. Evidence of domestic occupation and a group of 10 burials were uncovered. The site is located at the northern end of Stratford upon Avon Golf Course.
1 Man building garage in Watery Lane discovered bones and presumably notified the Police. A policeman brought the bones and a rusty iron object (?nail) into the Butts. The ...
The site of an undated human burial and located 400m north of the Post Office, Shipston.
1 A large ditch runs across the Birch Abbey site following the contour and may have served a dual purpose as a drainage and a boundary ditch. In places the ...
A ditch was found during an excavation. It was Roman in date and numerous human burials were found within it. Sherds of Roman pottery were also found. The site was located in the area of Newport Drive, Alcester.
1 In July 1966 earth-moving equipment was noted at Chesterton Camp and it was discovered that the farmer had received permission from MPBW to plough the site. This work started ...
A small Roman cemetery disturbed by ploughing in 1966. It was probably sited outside the ditch of the Roman Camp. A further burial was disturbed in 1992. The site lies 600m west of Windmill Hill.
1 In 1843 labourers filling an old quarry 600m NW of Newton Lodge in Clifton upon Dunsmore parish found eight or ten skeletons just below the surface. With them was ...
No evidence for the cemetery at this location following archaeological geophysics and trial trenching.
1 Human remains have been found on a number of occasions. Bodies were disturbed and reburied during the construction of prefab houses on the site in the Second World War. ...
Excavations have revealed a possible Medieval cemetery associated with the Medieval chapel and hospital of St Johns. The cemetery lies underneath flats at St Johns, Warwick.
1 1934: Human remains found in a gravel pit. At the time when Wellstood made his notes 64 skeletons had been discovered in an area roughly 41m by 46m. Most ...
The site of an Anglo Saxon burial site. Archaeological work has uncovered skeletons, cremation burials and hearths. The grave goods included jewellery, vessels and weapons. The cemetery was located to the north east of Alveston Manor Hotel.
1 During reconstruction of the Priory House the grounds to the S of the house were laid out as an ornamental garden. Several burials were located about 0.6m from the ...
The site of several undated burials. They were found in Priory Park, Warwick, during the creation of a garden in the 19th century. The burials did not contain any grave goods. It has been suggested that they could be either Romano-British or Medieval in date.
1 Over half a ring ditch excavated in advance of gravel extraction. An unbroken ring ditch enclosed an area 12m in diameter. Excavated part revealed seven straight sections and calculations ...
An excavation of a round barrow dating to the Neolithic period uncovered a ring ditch and a human burial with a flint knife. The site is located 850m south of the church, Wasperton.
1 Two bronze armlets and fragments of third possible armlet bequeathed to Worcester Museum (no date). Original label reads ‘Armlets found on bust of skeleton of female Briton, (situated?) in ...
A burial of a female skeleton of Roman date. Two bronze armlets were found with the skeleton. The burial was found in the area of Billesley.
1 Bloom records that when a new gravel pit was opened up in the first field leading to what had once been Nardey Bush ‘Saxon’ remains were found. Three badly ...
Several human burials of unknown date were found 500m south west of Wimpstone.
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 A 19th century map records the name long barrow field in the area around this grid reference.
2 The owner of Aylesmore Farm, says that “Long Barrow Field” is the ...
The possible site of a Neolithic long barrow, a rectangular mound associated with the burial of human remains. The site is suggested by place-name evidence. It is situated 1km north east of Upper Brailes.
1 Chapel by D G Squirhill. Cemetery (PRN 2410) opened in 1852.
2 Two chapels designed by Squirhill, which have long since disappeared.
3 On the OS map of 1905 there are ...
A mortuary chapel which was built during the Imperial period. It was situated in the cemetery on Brunswick Street, Leamington Spa, but has been demolished.
1 During observation of foundations trenches two ditches and a pit were recorded. One residual human bone fragment, one of animal bone and a piece of 2nd/4th century pottery were ...
Two Roman ditches and a pit, containing two bone fragments and a piece of 2nd/4th century pottery, were found during archaeological work. Previous work on the site had recorded 1st-4th century settlement activity, with ditches, interpreted as property boundaries, layers, pits and a possible gravel pit.
1 During excavation the skull of a skeleton was discovered, lying in a coffin, outlined by at least four iron nails. The burial is dated to the late Iron Age ...
A burial, dating from the late Iron Age or early Roman period, was found during an archaeological excavation. Only the skull of the skeleton was uncovered, which lay in a coffin. The burial was found to the north of Cold Comfort Lane, Alcester.