1 Bronze ring of uncertain date found.
Findspot - a bronze ring of unknown date was found 700m east of Wolvey.
1 Flint scatter located, including patinated Mesolithic flints (PRN 4959) and Neolithic flints.
2 Dating confirmed as Mesolithic and Neolithic.
Findspot - a flint scatter comprising flint artefacts dating to the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods was found in the area east of Hinckley Road.
1 Area of flints with some Mesolithic tools.
2 Plan.
3 Dating confirmed as Mesolithic.
Findspot - several flint artefacts of Mesolithic date were found 100m north of Smockington Lane.
1 Area of Neolithic and Bronze Age flint, also associated with Mesolithic flint (PRN 6049) and a round barrow (PRN 4964).
2 A large area yielding Neolithic artefacts.
Findspot - several flint artefacts of Neolithic and Bronze Age date were found 100m north of Smockington Lane.
1 Photographic Record of buildings prior to conversion or demolition.
2 Second Edition Ordnance Survey map
19th century stables and barns. Shown on First Edition Ordnance Survey map
1 Fishponds associated with the now demolished Wolvershill Hall.
2 OS map of 1889.
3 OS map of 1904.
4 OS map of 1926.
5 The large pond still exists, but two smaller rectangular ...
The site of several fishponds used for storing and breeding fish during the Medieval and Post Medieval periods. One of the fishponds is still visible as an earthwork. The site is located 1km north west of Wolvey.
1 At Copston Parva (PRN 3592) there was ‘anciently’ a chapel which is recorded in 1250.
2 The site of the Medieval village was located and field walked by the Wolvey ...
The possible site of a Medieval chapel is suggested by documentary evidence. The site is located at Copston Parva, 500m north of Copston Lane.
2 An undated enclosure shows on aerial photographs. This enclosure has a number of internal features.
The site of an enclosure of unknown date. It is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. The site is located 300m north of Smockington Lane.
2 System of undated linear features shows on aerial photographs.
Several linear features of unknown date are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. They are situated 100m north of Smockington Lane.
1 Vestiges of a moat surrounding the hermitage.
2 The moat has been resurveyed.
3 The moat has now been filled in.
The site of a Medieval moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building. It has now been filled in. It is situated 300m south of Five Lane Ends, Wolvey Heath.
2 Undated linear feature shows on aerial photographs.
A linear feature of unknown date is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. It is situated 300m east of Wolvey Heath.
2 Undated enclosures show on aerial photographs.
Several enclosures of unknown date are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. They are situated 100m east of Crabtree Spinney.
1 Wolvey Warren E. Built by 1675. Post Mill.
2 The site has been built on and there is no indication of a mill.
The site of a Post Medieval post mill, a windmill mounted on a post. It is known to have existed from documentary evidence. It was located 300m south west of Wolvey Heath.
1 Wolvey Warren. Built by 1675. Post Mill.
2 No indications of the site.
The site of a Post Medieval post mill, a windmill mounted on a post. It is known to have existed from documentary evidence. The post mill was located 300m north east of Wolvey Bridge.
1 Post Mill. Built by c1820. Roundhouse, four common sails, white painted buck, ladder and tailpole. Ceased work by late 19th century. Demolished first decade of 20th century.
3 This spot ...
The site of a post mill, an windmill that was mounted on a post. It was in use during the Imperial period. The mill was situated 400m south east of Wolvey Heath.
1 The manor of Wolvey Grange or Leicester’s Grange was part of the Combe estates and was leased in 1459 by the convent to John Perkyns. Ownership information exists for ...
Leicester Grange, the site of a Medieval grange, a farm or estate belonging to a religious order. The site is known from documentary evidence and is located 300m east of Hinckley Road.
1 Dugdale records ten houses. The site is now obscured by an aerodrome.
2 A number of houses marked.
3 Nothing is visible today.
4 Noted by Ordnance Survey.
The site of Bramcote deserted settlement which was of Post Medieval date. The settlement is known from documentary evidence. It was located 400m south west of Bramcote Hall.
1 At approximately this grid reference from B Waite collection – other axe/adze (1), core (13), blades/flakes (unrecorded), gravers (2), microliths (12).
2 Dating confirmed as Mesolithic.
A flint scatter of Mesolithic flint artefacts including blades, an axe and microliths. The flint scatter was situated to the east of Church Hill.
1 Wolvey Wolds at approximately this grid reference from B Waite Collection: other axe/adze (1), cores (6), blades/flakes (unrecorded), other worked pieces (11), microliths (5).
2 Large area of Mesolithic and ...
A flint scatter of Mesolithic and Neolithic flint artefacts, including microliths and an axe, was found 600m south east of Wolvey.
2 Probable Neolithic/Bronze Age ring ditch shows on aerial photographs.
A possible ring ditch of Neolithic or Bronze Age date is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. The site is located 300m south east of Five Lane Ends.
2 Parts of three sides of a large subrectangular enclosure enclosing two smaller subrectangular enclosures shows on aerial photographs.
The site of three enclosures of unknown date. They are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The site lies 300m west of Ash-pole Spinney.
2 An undated elongated rectangular enclosure shows on aerial photographs.
An enclosure of unknown date is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. It is situated 1km north east of Five Lane Ends.
2 Subrectangular enclosure shows on aerial photographs.
An enclosure of unknown date is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. It is situated 400m east of Crab Tree Spinney.
1 Possible ring ditch of Neolithic/Bronze Age date shows on aerial photograph.
The site of a possible ring ditch of Neolithic or Bronze Age date. It is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. The site lies 100m east of Crab Tree Spinney.