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 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.
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 Five or six years ago several skeletons were found on the S face of Bardon (Bordon) Hill, and immediately by the side of the Stratford-Evesham road. The skeletons were ...
Several burials were found in the area of Bordon Hill, suggesting that this might be the site of a cemetery. The date of the burials is unknown.
1 Bodies buried in the Medieval period were found during drainage works in Chapel Field, Chapel Ascot.
Human burials dating to the Medieval period were found during drainage works in Chapel Field, Chapel Ascot.
1 One fragmentary inhumation was found, probably Roman, and also a few Roman and medieval sherds in garden soil; no evidence for Roman or medieval activity of depth or complexity.
The site of a Roman inhumation burial which was found during archaeological work. The site is located on Stratford Road, Alcester. Roman pottery was also found.
1 During excavation at Coulters Garage a couple of probable late Roman burials were uncovered.
Two Roman burials were found at Coulters Garage, Alcester, during archaeological work.
1 The Lucy’s had a key and skeletons in stone coffins are said to be in their museum.
2 The site was dug by one of the Lucys. The only member ...
The site of burials dating to the Medieval period which are known from documentary evidence. It is possible that they were found in around 1860, but their present whereabouts is unknown. The site is located 1km south west of the church, Charlecote.
1 Ten Royalist burials (c. 1642) still wearing tattered clothes were discovered by labourers digging for stone during 1815. This would be during construction of a farm after the Enclosures. ...
The possible site of a cemetery dating to the Post Medieval period. This may be the burial place casualties from the Royalist side in the Civil War battle of Southam in 1642. The site was discovered in 1815 and is situated 800m south east of Bascote.
1 About the year 1850, a number of skeletons were brought to light in a stone pit at the S end of the Burton Dassett ridge, on an elevation known ...
Several undated burials were found in the 19th century on Burton Dassett Hills. They were thought to be criminals who had been gibbeted. The burials were found in an area that was subsequently quarried.
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 Around 1909 an almost perfect skeleton was reported to have been found at the summit of the hill lying opposite to Mount Pleasant, at the N end of ...
The site of a single burial of unknown date. It was found on Bonfire Hill, Burton Dassett.
1 A gentleman remembered digging up old skeletons in a field called ‘Old Borough’. This field is fairly flat with a sharp fall to a ditch. Nine skeletons were ...
The site of a cemetery of unknown date. A number of skeletons were found when quarrying was taking place. The cemetery site was located 400m south of the church at Lighthorne.