1 Trial excavation conducted in 1981 in advance of construction of Sports Hall by Greig Memorial Trust. Three trenches were excavated by JCB. Nothing was located in Trenches ...
A section of a Post Medieval ditch or pit was found during an excavation. The feature was situated near Gunnings Bridge, Alcester.
1 A bronze buckle, probably Medieval, was found by Mr Frank White with a metal detector in material disturbed by construction work on a house extension in Birmingham Road, Alcester.
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Find spot - a bronze buckle of Medieval date was found in the area of Birmingham Road, Alcester.
1 The well consisted of a circular shaft approximately 1.1m across and lined with walling made up of small to medium sized limestone rubble. These appeared to be of dry-stone ...
A stone-built well of possible medieval date at 4-6 Evesham Street, Alcester.
1 A copper farthing of 1700 and a trade token of the 17th century were found in the back garden of a house in Evesham Street. The top soil was ...
The chance find of a post medieval coin and token in the Evesham Street area of Alcester.
1 Post-medieval finds recovered during the construction of a rear extension. These included 110 sherds of post-medieval pottery of 18th/19th century date, 2 sherds of post-medieval pottery, a clay ...
Post-medieval finds, including 18th/19th century pottery and two clay pipe bowls, recovered during the construction of a rear extension. The site is located at 18 Bleachfield Street, Alcester.
1 A watching brief during the excavation of foundation trenches recorded a large quantity of hand-made brick fragments within the northerly sections. The building contractor reported that they had encountered ...
Hand made bricks and cellaring were recorded during building works. The absence of the building on the late 19th century first edition OS map suggested that the cellaring belonged to an earlier, possibly 18th century building. The site is located at 18/20 School Road, Alcester.
1 A watching brief on a site to the S of existing No 38 revealed no evidence of Romano British occupation, but Medieval finds included a large part of a ...
Find spot - sherds of Medieval pottery were found west of Birmingham Road, Alcester.
1 A lead cloth seal was found during building work in an unstratifed context. It had been stamped with the initials WA.
Find of post medieval cloth seal during fieldwork in Bleachfield Street, Alcester.
1 3 bay timber framed structure, altered, dating from early 16th century (or possibly late 15th). Open hall north end.
2 Number 3, Butter Street appears to date from at ...
Survey identified this as a three bay timber framed building dating to the early 16th or possibly late 15th century. New evidence suggests that the house is from the early 15th century possibly from the year 1444.
1 Moat Farm. C16 and C17 work survives.
2 This is now called Moat House Inn. The land behind the Inn has been landscaped for car parking etc. Local tradition is ...
The possible site of a moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building, of Medieval or Post Medieval date. The site is located at Moat House Inn, King's Coughton.
1 A group of 16 inhumations was found to the NE of Icknield St during observation of a pipe trench. The burials were 0.2-1.3m beneath ground surface in red ...
A cemetery of medieval date which may have been associated with Boteler's Castle, Alcester, which lies 200m to the west.
1 1140 Ralph le Boteler of Oversley founded a Benedictine abbey. The site was encompassed by the River Arrow to N and E and by a connecting moat to S ...
The site of Alcester Abbey, a Medieval monastery and moat. Some of the abbey buildings, including the Chapter House, have been excavated. Other parts of the abbey, including the claustral buildings, are visible as earthworks. The site is located north of School Road, Alcester.
2 Finds made with a metal detector included a bronze strap end buckle with crude face design. This is Medieval, perhaps 14th – 15th century.
Findspot - various finds of Medieval date, including a bronze strap end buckle, were found north of Stratford Road, Alcester.
1 Head of a Tau Cross, in ivory, carved with foliage and figures. Found at Alcester in 1873. Dated variously to the 10th, 11th or 12th century. ...
Findspot - the head of a Medieval Tau Cross carved in ivory was found on the west side of the High Street, Alcester.
1 Just E of Icknield St, SW corner of field. Many horseshoes found here, possibly site of a Medieval or later smithy.
2 Noted.
Findspot - a large number of horseshoes, possibly of Medieval or Post Medieval date, were found to the east of Icknield Street, Alcester.
1 A sunken Medieval malting kiln was dug into the top of the Roman layers.
2 Drawing.
The site of a Medieval malt kiln, a structure in which barley was dried. It was found during an excavation and was situated to the west of Tibbets Close, Alcester.
1 Coughton, enclosed in 1487. Appears on maps of Saxton and Speed, but has been long disparked.
2 Coughton Park is in the angle of the Ridgeway and ...
Coughton Park, a deer park dating from the Medieval to the Post Medieval period. Much of the park pale is visible as an earthwork. It is located to the south of Sambourne.
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1 Find with a metal detector in 1984: A ?18th century merchant’s bale seal.
Findspot - a lead object, possibly a seal, dating to the Post Medieval period was found at Captain's Hill, Alcester.
1 Finds made with a metal detector in 1984: Halfpenny – pre 1280, penny of Edward I (1280-1), penny of Edward I (1302-7), penny of Henry VI (1422-7), halfpenny – ...
Findspot - several coins of Medieval date were found 100m north west of The Cherrytree Public House.
1 Find made with a metal detector in 1985: Commonwealth penny (1649-60).
Findspot - a Post Medieval coin was found 100m north west of The Cherrytrees Public House.
1 The laying of a new gas main through the fields at Alcester Grammar School revealed a section of a Roman road (PRN 4728) and produced 25 Medieval sherds in ...
Findspot - Medieval pottery was found near Alcester Grammar School during the laying of a pipe.
1 Medieval and Post Medieval pottery found in a hole dug in the garden of a house in Bleachfield Street in 1986.
Findspot - Medieval and Post Medieval pottery was found in Bleachfield Street, Alcester.
1 A small-scale excavation in advance of building work revealed Medieval surfaces and features.
Medieval features were found during an excavation. The site was located on the west side of Bleachfield Street, Alcester.
1 A small scale excavation in advance of building work revealed Medieval and Post-Medieval surfaces and features.
Post Medieval features were found during an excavation. The site was located on the west side of Bleachfield Street, Alcester.