1 A possible Roman Road or trackway.
2 Marked as ‘saltway’.
3 Probable course of road shown by cropmark.
A road, possibly of Roman origin, parts of which are referred to in Early Medieval charters. Its probable course can be traced on aerial photographs.
2 Enclosures and linear features show on air photographs.
3 The site occupies an elevated position on a ridge of lias with clay capping. Finds have been collected from the field ...
The site of a Roman villa. Various finds, including fragments of tile, bone, pottery and part of a whetstone, have been found at the site. Enclosures and boundaries are visible as earthworks. The site lies 500m south west of Chesterton Wood.
1 Saltway (Sealt Straet) referred to in a charter of AD 956. This was part of a major cross country routeway running eastwards from Stratford.
2 Maps illustrating part of route.
3 ...
Part of an Early Medieval trackway known as the 'Saltway'. It is mentioned in a charter of 969 AD. It is part of a major routeway across the country heading east from Stratford upon Avon. It may have originated during the Roman period.
1 A quantity of Roman pottery was collected (mainly 2nd and 3rd century) during field survey. A bronze brooch was also found.
Findspot - fragments of Roman pottery and a brooch were found during a survey of the area 800m north west of the church at Lighthorne.
1 Immediately after passing Chesterton Wood on the road from Warwick to Banbury, some remains of a Roman camp may by traced in a field on the left. Coins are ...
Findspot - several Roman coins have been found to the east of Chesterton Wood over the years.
1 Museum donation – ‘Roman antiquities from Lighthorne’.
2 Four bronze fibula, two bronze rings, one bronze pin, one piece of bronze.
Findspot - Roman brooches, pins and rings, all made of bronze, were found in the area of Lighthorne.
1 A gentleman of Little Wolford, found c1950 an As., Severus Alexander, 222-235, in a field at SP3356. The coin is still in his possession.
2 Mentions the find of ...
Findspot - a Roman coin, of the Emperor Severus Alexander, was found on the west side of Lighthorne.