1 An Anglo-Saxon inhumation was excavated from one of the defunct (Romano-British) corndryers. Analysis of the skeleton is accompanied by a description of the iron grave goods, which include a ...
A Migration period burial was found during excavations of a Romano-British Settlement near Billesley. The site lies m NW of Drayton Barn Cottages.
1 A quantity of Romano British sherds, including both coarse and Samian sherds, collected by members of University of Warwick Extra-Mural class from ploughed land adjacent to Billesley deserted Medieval ...
The possible site of a Roman settlement suggested by a large scatter of Roman pottery. The site lies 100m east of the church at Billesley.
1 Built mostly of lias limestone with tiled roofs. The oldest part was built c.1610-20 for Sir Robert Lee, and partly timber framed.
2 The main block extended to the ...
Billesley Hall, a Post Medieval manor house. It is situated 100m south of Billesley Manor Farm.
1 ‘Gallows Green’ marked. ‘Gallows Piece’ to the N.
2 A piece of land close by the Old London Road S of Aston Cantlow and near where it joins the lordship ...
The possible site of gallows, a structure used for hanging criminals, of unknown date. The site is suggested by the name 'Gallows Green' which is marked on a map of 1874.
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 Major route and saltway running east via Alcester and Stratford, then south east towards the Foss Way and eventually out of the county. The course to Alcester is very ...
The Saltway, a major Roman road running east and southeast from Droitwich, which can be traced across much of Warwickshire.
1 A turnpike road established between 1750 and 1775, part of the Alcester/ Evesham network.
2The road from Alcester to Feckenham was turnpiked in 1753-4.
The site of a toll road dating to the Imperial period and which ran from Stratford to Bradley Brook, via Alcester.
2 Linear features and a possible trackway show as crop marks.
3 A magnetometer survey and evaluation prior to imrpovements to the A46 found no features connected to the cropmarks ...
Linear features and a possible trackway of unknown date are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The features lie 500m south east of Hollas Hill.
1 1927: Excavation of a ‘tumulus’ at Billesley Hall. At the junction of the road to Aston Cantlow and the lane from Wilmcote there is a well-marked tumulus, now ...
A mound thought to be of Post Medieval date. During an excavation the mound was found to contain the burial of a horse. The mound survives as an earthwork and is situated 200m south of Billesley Hall.
1 The Domesday book records a priest and a substantial peasant population. C14 documents indicate that the population was still fairly high. The Lay Subsidy of 1428 records only 4 ...
The deserted Medieval settlement of Billesley Trussel. House platforms, hollow ways, enclosures and ridge and furrow cultivation are still visible as earthworks. The settlement is also known from documentary evidence. It is situated to the east of Billesley Hall.
1 S of the church is a moat of which three sides containing water still remain. The inner faces of the arms retain rubble walling and there are traces of ...
A Medieval moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building. The moat survives as an earthwork and it lies 100m to the south of the church at Billesley.
Earthworks of Post Medieval fishponds.
1 In the lawn S of the house is a circular fishpond, and away to the S are the remains of a former moat.
2 The ‘moat’ ...
Fishponds which were used for breeding and storing fish. They are Post Medieval in date and are visible as earthworks. The fish ponds lie 100m to the south of Billesley Hall.
1 17th century rectangular stone dovecote with later extension and two square lanterns. The building has recently been restored.
2 The dovecote stands within Billesley Trussell deserted Medieval village (WA 1716).
3 ...
Billesley Trussel Dovecote, a building used for housing doves or pigeons. It is Post Medieval in date and is situated 200m east of Billesley Hall.
1 Portable Antiquities Scheme find provenance information:
Date found: 2006-04-18T23:00:00Z
Methods of discovery: Metal detector
2 Further information on the find of this early medieval cast copper alloy amulter, and the interpretation of ...
A cast copper alloy early medieval amulet, with runic inscriptions on both faces was reported by a metal detectorist from Billesley. The runic inscription may be composed in Latin, not Anglo-Saxon, suggesting a Christian association and hence a date after c.1000 AD.
1 The gardens form part of the grounds of a Medieval and Post Medieval site, of which remains include earthworks, the Post Medieval house, dovecote, barns and the Grade I ...
Gardens dating to the Imperial period, including the county's best surviving topiary garden of this period. The gardens are attached to Billesley Manor.
2 Linear features and part of possible enclosure show as cropmarks.
3 Fieldwalking prior to A46 improvements found a scatter of roman pottery increasing in density towards these cropmarks suggesting ...
Several linear features and a possible enclosure of unknown date, which are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs, are situated on Hollas Hill, Billesley.
2 3 Linear features show as crop marks.
Three linear features of unknown date are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. They are situated 600m west of Billesley.
2 Part of a rectilinear enclosure and appended linear feature appear on air photographs.
An enclosure and a linear feature of unknown date are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The features are situated 600m south of Billesley.