1 Ridge and furrow cultivation transcribed from air photographs.
2 Vertical APs.
Medieval and later ridge and furrow cultivation in Gaydon Parish. In some areas it is survives as an earthwork. Elsewhere it is visible on aerial photographs.
1 Earthwork remains of a shrunken settlement to the north and south of Gaydon show on air photographs. These have been plotted on the ridge and furrow plot for ...
Settlement remains are visible as earthworks to the north and south of Gaydon. This suggests that this is a Medieval shrunken village.
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.
1 Small well 0.66m in diameter was found to the rear of Oakbeams during an archaeological observation of trenches for a single storey extension. The lower part was constructed ...
A disused well constructed of lias limestone and brick (possible repair). 17th/18th century.
1 Photographic record in black and white of Gaydon Farm. Interior and exterior photos of the brick-built farm buildings including listed farmhouse dated to the late C18/ early C19.
Brick-built farm buildings including listed farmhouse dating to the late C18/ early C19.
1 The possible extent of the medieval settlement, based on the Ordnance Survey 6″ first edition maps – 46NW of 1885, and 46SW of 1886.
2 The ridge and furrow plotting ...
The possible extent of Medieval settlement of Gaydon, including the known shrunken settlement. The extent of the settlement is suggested by documentary evidence and the remains of ridge and furrow cultivation.
1 A watching brief was carried out at this location in July 1998 on foundation excavation in the Medieval settlement area of Gaydon. No evidence for Medieval or earlier settlement ...
A pit containing 19th century material was excavated at this site, in Church Road, Gaydon.
Redundant record (previously used to record an event).
1 Medieval ridge & furrow found during archaeological observation.
The remains of Medieval ridge and furrow found during archaeological work at Gaydon Sewage Works.
1 A three runway bomber airfield opened June 1942 as a satellite to RAF Chipping Warden but soon transferred to RAF Wellesbourne Mountford. Major facilities included: two 1400 yard (1.28Km) ...
RAF Gaydon was a Second World War bomber airfield. It opened in 1942 as a satellite airfield to RAF Chipping Warden and later to RAF Wellesbourne Mountford. It is located 1.5km north of Chadshunt church.
1 Gaydon Hill has marked entrenchments on the steep slope of its SW side, ‘possibly dating back to the British times’. A cannon ball bearing the ‘broad arrow’ was found ...
The site of a field system which survives as an earthwork. It is of unknown date. The site is located 400m south east of Thorn Hill.
1 Site under permanent pasture until World War II. The farmer has for several years picked up potsherds and fragments of stone and also a penannular brooch. The field is ...
The possible site of a Roman villa. The site is suggested by a scatter of finds, which includes fragments of pottery, tile, animal bone and a brooch. The site is located 800m south east of the church at Gaydon.
1 Site of a kiln at Gaydon marked on OS 25″ 1st ed. map.
The site of a kiln dating back to at least the Imperial period. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. The kiln was located 1km to the west of Gaydon.
1 Site of a brickworks at Gaydon marked on OS 25″ 1st ed. map.
The site of brickworks, where bricks were made during the Imperial period. It was located 250m north east of the church at Gaydon.
1 Site of a smithy at Gaydon marked on OS 25″ 1st ed. map.
The site of a blacksmiths workshop, where iron was worked during the Imperial period. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. The blacksmiths workshop was located 100m east of the church at Gaydon.
1 A cannon ball, bearing the ‘broad arrow’, was found a few years ago, a possible memorial of a skirmish connected with the battle of Edgehill.
Findspot - a Post Medieval cannon ball was found 1km south east of Gaydon.
1 In the field to the N of the crossroads where the B4451 crosses the A41 are two mounds, possibly ploughed-down tumuli. This was reported to the OS in a ...
The site of two possible round barrows of Bronze Age date. The site is located 600m north of the church at Gaydon.