1 Acheulian hand axe 84 mm by 65 mm found at Heathcote in soil dumped at the sewage works from excavation of the filter beds. Donated in April 1959.
3 A ...
Find spot - a Palaeolithic handaxe was found 1km north west of Bishop's Tatchbrook.
1 The probable extent of the medieval settlement based on the first edition OS map of 1886, 39NE.
2 The village is listed in Domesday in Tremlow Hundred. The Phillimore edition ...
The probable extent of the medieval settlement at Bishop's Tachbrook based on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886.
1 The modern Oakley Wood was originally known as three separate woodlands – Oakley Wood, Moreton Close and Wiggerland Wood. Oakley Wood has long been known to be ...
The greater woodbank encloses Oakley Wood and may date from about 1300. The banks around Moreton Wood and Wiggerland Wood are smaller.
1 Naspis ‘which hath not now above four houses in it, but anciently it was more populous.’
2 Rous names this village as destroyed. I identify this village as ‘The Aspes’, ...
The site of a deserted settlement dating to the Post Medieval period. It is known from documentary evidence. Encloures and trackways are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The site is located 600m south east of Nursery Wood.
1 Collection of flint comprising flakes, struck and retouched, and scrapers found near Barford Sheds.
2 Further finds.
A flint scatter, comprising flint flakes and scrapers dating to the Prehistoric period, was found 500m south west of Nursery Wood.
2 Trackway shows as crop mark.
A trackway of unknown date is visible as a crop mark on aerial photographs. It is situated 400m north west of Grove Farm.
1 No site was positively identified. However, a large amount of Post-Medieval and modern pottery was recovered from the hill-top, possibly the result of a midden heap or rubbish pits. ...
Two possible quarries of unknown date situated 300m east of Highdown Hill Plantation. Sherds of Roman and Medieval pottery were also found at this location.
1 No site identified. Soil/ crop marks and contours indicate a quarry. Two fragments of Roman pottery could indicate Roman cultivation. Also fragments of modern pottery, tile, ...
A possible quarry of unknown date is situated 300m south east of Highdown Hill Plantation. Sherds of Roman pottery were also found in this location.
1 Field survey by R.Fowler in 1984 produced a Neolithic/Bronze Age scraper.
Find spot - a Neolithic or Bronze Age flint scraper was found 600m south west of Highdown Hill Plantation.
1 Seven Roman sherds. Post-medieval pottery more prevalent than modern, no Medieval sherds. 8 possible worked flints. A small quarry or marl pit existed to the N of the field ...
A possible quarry of unknown date was found 600m south east of Highdown Hill Plantation. Sherds of Roman and Post-Medieval pottery were also found in this location as were fragments of worked flint.
1 No site identified. A possible pond located in the field. Large quantity of tile. Also 1 Medieval pottery sherd, other glazed and modern sherds, 2 pieces ...
A possible pond of unknown date is located 300m north west of Highdown Hill Plantation. Fragments of flint, a sherd of Medieval pottery and fragments of tile were also found.
1 Flints and Roman sherds indicate cultivation at some level, also 6 Medieval sherds. Much post-Medieval material could indicate a midden, or housing in, or near, the field – ...
Several quarry pits of unknown date were found at this location as were sherds of Roman, Medieval and Post-Medieval pottery. The site is located 700m north west of Highdown Hill Plantation.
1 A mound in the SW corner of the field was destroyed 10+ years ago and according to the farmer a watching brief was maintained by the Museum. A ...
The site of a mound of unknown date. Fragments of worked flint and sherds of Roman and Medieval pottery were also found in this location, 300m south east of Tatchbrook Mallory.
1 A possible Romano-British site indicated by 9 Romano-British sherds in a small area. This scatter was associated with brick, tile and mortar from an unknown modern source.
2 Further Roman ...
Find spot - sherds of Roman pottery and tile were found 500m north of Tatchbrook Mallory.
1 A scatter of Modern brick, tile and slate may indicate a building or dumping of occupation material in a hollow. The field also contains a marl pit and the ...
A scatter of modern building debris suggests that the material may have been dumped into an earlier hollow or quarry of unknown date. It is located 800m north west of Tatchbrook Mallory.
1 Marl pit identified during field survey.
The site of a marl pit, from which a mixture of clay and carbonate of lime would have been extracted, of unknown date. It is situated 600m north of Tatchbrook Mallory.
1 A field barn with phases of rebuilding. 1806: site occupied by 2 buildings on estate map; by 1844 a new winged farm is shown. This is probably the building ...
A barn which was probably built during the Imperial period. It is situated 800m south west of Highdown Hill Plantation.
1 A mound and linear bank and ditch show in a pasture field.
A mound, bank and ditch which survive as earthworks of unknown date. The features are located 200m north of Tachbrook Mallory.
1 Field survey produced a possible microlith.
Find spot - a flint implement of Mesolithic date was found 500m west of Whitnash Bushes.
12 Trackway, linear features and a series of interconnected enclosures show on aerial photographs. A number of maculae are visible towards the NNW corner of the main enclosure, ...
A trackway, other linear features, and a series of enclosures, of unknown date, are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. They are located 900m north west of Half Moon Plantation.
2 Undated linear crop marks show on aerial photographs.
Linear features of unknown date are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. They are located 400m south east of Lodge Wood.
1 Turnpike road from Birmingham to Warwick and Banbury, established between 1725 and 1750. Under the control of the same trust which ran the Birmingham to Edgehill route. The stretch ...
A toll road, where travellers had to pay a toll to use the route. The road was built during the Post Medieval period. It runs from Warmington to Birmingham via Warwick.
2 Linear features and possible enclosures show as crop marks. These features are dubious and may not be archaeological.
Possible linear features and enclosures are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. They are of unknown date. The features are located 600m north of Wiggerland Wood.
1 A small building complex, probably agrilcultural in function, is first shown on 1st Edition Ordnance Survey Mapping. The site is now wooded.
2, 3 The building complex is shown as ...
A building and associated enclosure, probably agrilcultural in function, is first shown on 1st Edition Ordnance Survey Mapping. The site is now wooded.