1 `The Lunt’ is an almost vertical wooded escarpment above the River Sowe. An ideal location for a Roman fort. In 1960-1 an excavation on the E and W slopes ...
The Lunt, a fort that was rebuilt several times throughout the Roman period. A section of the defences, the barracks and a granary have been found from the earliest phase of fort during archaeological excavations. The Roman fort is situated north of Coventry Road, Baginton.
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2 The construction of a reservoir was unofficially observed and the remains of at least two buildings seen but not recorded in detail.
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The remains of a Roman road and two buildings were found during an excavation of a reservoir bank. The discoveries were made 1km north west of Chesterton Green.
1 1979: Excavation in advance of a new housing complex. The aim was to try to establish the extent of the Roman and Saxon occupation on the Baginton Plateau. Positive ...
During an excavation the remains of an enclosure surrounding a timber building and several rubbish pits were found. The remains were Roman in date and suggested that this was once a settlement. The site was located 400m south east of the church at Baginton.
1 Fosse Way sectioned where it passes the Romano-British settlement. An early road was cut through by a Trajanic rubbish pit. The later Roman road was 45.7m to the W.
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Partial excavation of the Fosse Way uncovered traces of the early road. It had been damaged by the building of 4th century buildings. Late 1st century pottery and a rubbish pit were also found. The site lies 400m southeast of the Mission Church at Princethorpe.
1 1977: Two trial trenches excavated. Trench 1 proved that fairly modern disturbance had removed all earlier occupation. Trench 2 produced Roman buildings, and an area of 150 sq m ...
The site of several buildings dating to the Roman period which were constructed from timber. The site is situated north of Ramsden Road, Mancetter.
1 The excavation of trial trenches at Abbey Works, Bleachfield Street, Alcester recorded a number of features associated with Roman occupation of the site including a hearth with metalworking slag, ...
A road, hearth, metalworking slag, pits, postholes, gullies, beam slots, ditches,a well, and foundations of stone buildings were recorded during evaluation and subsequent excavation at the former Abbey Works, Bleachfield Street, Alcester. Finds included: pottery, amphora, bone, metal objects including jewellery and glass.
1 The rubble foundations of a small Roman building were exposed during stripping for the construction of a reed bed. A slot through the fundations exposed the cut for ...
The rubble foundations of a small Roman building were exposed during stripping for the construction of a reed bed. A Romano-British coin and pottery and tile associated with the building were also recovered. The site is located 330m NW of Whitehill House, Oxhill.
1 Archaeological evaluation within the SAM of Tiddington Roman Settlement identified four broad phases of activity.
In Phase 1, the Late Iron Age-early Roman period, a co-axial field system appeared to ...
Evaluation trenching recorded a field system laid out during the Late Iron Age-early Roman period, with a possibly associated building. A second phase of activity dated to the 2nd century AD. The site is located north of Tiddington Road, Tiddington.
1 Parts of two amphorae found during the digging of a post hole. A small excavation was undertaken resulting in the discovery of part of a timber building with a ...
Excavations took place within the Roman Fort at Mancetter. Post holes were recorded suggesting that buildings had stood at this site. Various finds were recovered including pottery and coins. The site was located west of Quarry Lane, Mancetter.
1 1981. Landscaping of the farmyard at Mancetter Farm was preceded by a two-stage excavation. i: A trial area 10m by 10m was excavated to check the survival of Romano ...
Excavation within the Mancetter Fort revealed the remains of a Roman ditch and buildings that may have been Roman barracks. The site was situated west of Quarry Lane, Mancetter.
1 1977, site 2. Minor road works involved earth bank removal on bend in road and an attempt was made to locate the ditch at the SW of the fort. ...
The site of Roman buildings that were associated with Mancetter Roman Fort. They were situated 75m south of Mancetter Farm.
1 Foundation trenches for three small extensions to the rear of Gramer Almshouses were observed in May 1983. Five features were recorded. There were two timber slots running roughly E-W, ...
Several pits dating to the Roman period were excavated. They were located inside the area of the Roman Fort, 25m east of Mancetter Road, Mancetter.
1 Very limited salvage recording was managed in trenches of an extension to Mancetter Vicarage in 1981. The sides of the trenches revealed a ditch, foundation slots and pits and ...
A ditch dating to the Roman period. It is situated inside the area of the Roman Fort, 20m east of Quarry Lane. Features excavated inside the area of the ditch provide evidence for Roman occupation of the area.
1 1983: The ‘research excavation’ continued and revealed a ‘1st century principal building’, a side of which exceeds 15m; its total width is sealed by a pebble pavement above which ...
A Roman building and grannary were excavated 100m north of Quarry Lane, Mancetter.
1 1963: A rescue excavation for the MPBW was carried out on a narrow strip on the S side of Watling Street, immediately W of the 4th century fort at ...
The site of a settlement associated with the Roman fort at Mancetter. The site was 150m south east of Witherley Bridge.
1 To the west of Bleachfield Street. Clay floors with post holes having a 2.1m spacing were found together with dry stone walling. Below this were traces of C1 ...
During an excavation to the west of Bleachfield Street, Alcester, the remains of a Roman building were found.
1 Site E, the S most plot of Bleachfield Street Allotments, was brought to notice by the poverty of the crops on a broad strip running obliquely across the plot. ...
The remains of a Roman building were found at the Bleachfield Street Allotments, Alcester, during an excavation.
2 A Romano British industrial settlement excavated 1925-7. A number of supposed industrial features were excavated. In addition 106 coins, all of Claudius I to Honorius, pottery including Samian, 54 ...
The site of a Roman settlement which may have been industrial. Excavation uncovered stone building foundations and finds which included numerous coins, Samian ware and metal objects. The site lies to the west of Tiddington village.
1 Further work in 1926 at the site of an old sawpit produced evidence for another stone building with fragments of wall, concrete floor, flue tiles, tesserae and painted plaster. ...
Evidence for a high status RB building recorded by Davies. Location not certain but thought to be N of Meeting Lane.
1 Excavation in 1966-7 indicated a second period of occupation within the late Neronian-early Flavian period (cAD 60-79). Period 2 is c70-90. Evidence was found for the W, E and ...
The Lunt, a fort that was rebuilt several times throughout the Roman period. During an excavation the remains of the defences, ovens, a gatehouse, granary and barracks were found from the second phase of occupation. It is situated north of Coventry Road, Baginton.
2 Excavation in 1968-71 demonstrated a Period 3 at the fort dating to cAD70-74. Proven structural evidence is confined to a twin-ditch system and a twin-portalled gateway at the S. ...
The Lunt, a fort that was rebuilt several times throughout the Roman period. During an excavation the remains of defensive ramparts, a gatehouse and other buildings were found from the third phase of the fort's occupation. It is situated north of Coventry Road, Baginton.
1 Excavation from 1963 onwards in advance of gravel extraction revealed part of a defensive ditch. To the E of the road this was up to 6.7m wide and 3m ...
A defensive bank and ditch, forming an enclosure, were found during an archaeological excavation. The enclosure was Roman in date and formed the defences surrounding the Roman town of Tripontium. The enclosure was located 1km south west of Shawell.
1 Occupation on the W side of Watling Street excavated from 1963 onwards in advance of gravel extraction. On this side occupation extends further from Watling Street but this has ...
During an archaeological excavation an area of the Roman settlement of Tripontium was found. Ditches, pits, evidence of buildings and several burials were excavated. The finds included coins and brooches. The site lies 1km west of Shawell.
1 The most substantial building yet found at Tripontium was discovered in 1962 and dug intermittently between then and 1982. The site, which was by a stream, had been levelled ...
The site of a Roman building that was found during an archaeological excavation. It was built from stone and timber. The walls of the building were plastered and painted. It was situated within the Roman town of Tripontium, 900m south west of Shawell.
