1 Archaeological observation in the outer court of Kenilworth Castle during the excavation of a trench for a replacement electrictiy cable revealed three stone walls belonging to a building or ...
Site of Medieval Period walls set along the curtain wall of Kenilworth Castle north east of Mortimer's Tower.
1 The step in the wall, and the change in construction below it, suggest that the intended occupation surface of the tower was most likely at present turf level or ...
A probable C16th tower built at the outer end of the causeway/dam known as the Tiltyard.
1 Comprises Chase Wood, Henry Eave’s Whites Coppice, Mr. Malleries Whites Coppice, Black Hill Wood
Medieval Wood
1 The possible extent of the settlement based on the OS map of 1886, 26SW.
2 Domesday lists Kenilworth in Stoneleigh Hundred. The Phillimore edition gives a grid ref. of SP2872.
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The possible extent of the medieval settlement at Kenilworth, based on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886, and on bibliographic material and archaeological reports.
1 Smithy.
2 No 26 and 28 (including Clarke’s Smithy). Late 16th century timber framed. Single storey plus attic.
3 Apparently it was demolished in 1959 and nothing remains.
The site of a forge, wheelwrights workshop and coach works dating to the Post Medieval period. It was a timber framed single storey building and was demolished in 1959. It was situated on Bridge Street, Kenilworth.
1 A floor tile found by the owner of a house in Offa Drive, Kenilworth in his garden.
2 17th century Delft (Dutch) ware tile.
Findspot - a floor tile dating to the Post Medieval period was found 300m south west of the Clay Pit, Whitemoor.
1 The group of cottages known as Little Virginia lies immediately to the E of Kenilworth Castle: traditionally the buildings are Elizabethan (said to have been put up by the ...
A group of eight detatched cottages, 15 buildings in total, which are believed to have been built during the Post Medieval period. They were renovated in the late 20th century and archaeological investigation dated several walls to the 17th century. They are situated on Castle Hill.
1 ‘Townpool Bridge’ marked.
2 A bridge marked in this location.
3 Bridge of red sandstone, spanning the Finham Brook and an area to each side of the stream, with a flood ...
Townpool Bridge, the site of a Post Medieval bridge , which was marked on a map of 1692, and on an Ordnance Survey map of 1886. The present footbridge is of red sandstone, and crosses the Finham Brook at the southern end of Bridge Street.
1 The ‘site of’ Bakehouse Pool is marked.
2 No further reference was found even in discussions of the water system of the Castle. The date/nature/use of the pool is uncertain, ...
The site of Bakehouse Pool, which was possibly a mill pond of Medieval or Post Medieval date. It is no longer visible, but was situated in the north east part of Abbey Fields, Kenilworth.
1 There is no actual date for the instigation of the ford, but certainly it has existed for a couple of hundred years (and possibly it goes back to Medieval ...
The site of a ford which has been in use since at least the Imperial period and may date back to the Medieval period. The ford is still in use and a tarmac road runs through it, although the stone walls either side are much older. It is situated 200m east of Kenilworth Castle.
1 The great flood of 1673 – one of the worst floods ever in the town – destroyed the Medieval Packsaddle Bridge, which carried traffic across the brook to the ...
Packsaddle bridge, the site of a Medieval bridge destroyed by a flood in 1673. Traces of the stone abutments are still visible in the banks of Finham Brook, just west of the present iron footbridge in the Abbey Fields.
1 Silver penny (short cross). English. Henry III (1216-72) period 1223-42. Minted at Canterbury by Roger.
Findspot - a coin dating to the Medieval period was found 500m north west of the church, Birmingham Road, Kenilworth.
1 English A R shilling of Charles I (1641-3). Fine condition. Found in fields behind Kenilworth Castle.
Findspot - a coin dating to the Post Medieval period was found 200m west of Kenilworth Castle.
1 Token/reckoning counter. England/France. Edward I/II/(III). AE copper/brass. Fine condition although partly broken.
Findspot - a brass token dating to the Medieval period was found 200m west of Kenilworth Castle.
1 The stone castle is built on the remains of an earlier mount and court fort, some of the earth foundations of which are still traceable. The spot where the ...
Phase one of the building of Kenilworth Castle shows that it was originally built as a motte and bailey castle from 1122 onwards . The motte is still visible as an earthwork, inside the later great keep.
1 Priory of Augustin canons, afterwards an Abbey, was founded in 1122 by Godfrey de Clinton about the same time as the Castle. The Abbey was dissolved in April 1538.
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The remains of St Mary's Abbey, Kenilworth. Founded as a Priory in the Medieval period, it was promoted to an Abbey in the middle of the fifteenth century. It was dissolved in 1538. The site is in the north east part of Abbey Fields.
1 The castle quarry lay 400m S of Kenilworth Castle.
2 On the NW is a rock face 3.3m high. The base of the quarry is uneven with tree and scrub ...
The site of Castle Quarry which dates to the Medieval period and was presumably in use during the building of the castle. It survives as an earthwork and is located 400m south of the castle.
1 The red sandstone quarry of Kenilworth Abbey lay to the N, W of Fieldgate Lane.
2 There appear to be two quarries centred at SP3872 and SP3872.
3 The floors of ...
The site of a quarry dating to the Medieval period. It is believed to have been in use during the building of Kenilworth Abbey. It is still visible as an earthwork and is located 300m north west of the Abbey.
1 There was a mill attached to the Castle in 1296. This was on the Finham Brook and its bays, or pond-head, apparently gave the name of ‘the Bayes’ (later ...
The site of a watermill at the Brays, Kenilworth Castle, for which there is documentary evidence from the Medieval to the Post Medieval period. Remains of the watermill are still visible as earthworks. The location is at the southern end of the castle.
2 The Abbey (or rather Priory) had two mills which were valued at 6s 8d in 1291.
3 The site of one of these is marked on the OS 6″ map ...
The possible site of Kenilworth Priory watermill, for which there is documentary evidence from the Medieval period. The site was in the area of the Swimming Pool at Abbey Fields.
1 There was a mill attached to the castle in 1296 (PRN 3205). In 1361 the manor had two mills, the second being about half a mile to the S ...
The possible site of a watermill for which there is documentary evidence from the Medieval period. The location is south of Kenilworth Castle Fishponds.
1 Old School House, in Borrowell Lane, is a pleasant example of a small Georgian house of two stories, built in 1724 of red brick on a splayed plinth of ...
The Old School House, built in 1724, as a free school for the children of the parish. It is situated in Borrowell Lane, Kenilworth.
1 About one and a half miles NW of Kenilworth, immediately N of the road to Birmingham is Redfern Manor – a two storied, timber framed house of early 16th ...
Redfern Manor, a timber framed house dating to the Post Medieval period. Extensions and alterations were made to the building during the Imperial period and more recent times. It is situated on Birmingham Road, Kenilworth.
1 This Medieval earthwork lies in a fold in undulating country. It was built by Henry V in about 1414 at the far end of a great lake. Apparently the ...
The site of a moat at the Pleasaunce. It was of Medieval date and enclosed a timber banqueting hall. It is visible as an earthwork and is situated 700m north west of Kenilworth Castle.
