1 Find of a harness pendant which was found in 1991 and brought in to the Museum for identification. Method of recovery unreported, and no detailed grid reference. SP17SE.
2 Illustration ...
Find of a medieval harness pendant in Lapworth. No specific grid reference.
1 The probable extent of the medieval settlement based on the first edition OS map of 1886, 25SW.
2 The ridge and furrow plotting for the parish.
3 Domesday lists Lapworth; in ...
The probable extent of the medieval settlement at Lapworth based on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886 and on aerial photographs.
1 Traces of the site of the capital messuage of Es’eneford can be seen in the field on the opposite side of the main road from Brook House (Lapworth Brook). ...
The site of a possible Medieval moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building. It is still just visible as an earthwork, and is situated 200m south of Lapworth Bridge.
1 A map shows a moat in approximately this position.
2 ‘Moat (site of)’ marked just S of Fetherston House.
3 A site visit required to assess the state of preservation of ...
A moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building. The moat is of Medieval date and is situated at Fetherston House, Lapworth.
1 A linear bank with traces of a ditch to the E follows Lapworth Street on its W side. The earthwork is cut by the drives of the houses ...
A linear earthwork, possibly of Iron Age date. It probably forms part of the Hobditch, a boundary feature. It is located 500m north east of the Boot Inn.
1 A short but well-defined length of bank and ditch are visible in a pasture field. The earthwork is about 15m wide and the total elevation appears to be about ...
A linear earthwork, possibly dating to the Iron Age. It is probably part of the Hobditch, a boundary feature. It is located 500m north of Lapworth.
1 During 1989 a watching brief of two holes observed no archaeologically significant finds or features. The only feature was a modern ditch, 2m wide by 1.5m deep. ...
A ditch, dating to the Imperial period, was found during archaeological work. It was located 400m west of Kingswood Bridge.
1 A number of small gullies and oval pits of unknown date were recorded within the limits of an earthwork site believed to be an Iron Age hillfort. The former ...
A number of small gullies and oval pits of unknown date were recorded within the limits of an earthwork site believed to be an Iron Age hillfort.
1 A manorial history exists. In 1410 the Prior of Coventry had ‘a manor surrounded with pools’.
2 The moated site containing the Medieval manor was Scheduled as an Ancient Monument ...
The site of a moated manor house dating to the Medieval period. The house is known from documentary evidence. It is situated 100m west of the church at Packwood. A post hole was found during an archaeological works. It is likely to have held a large timber upright probably forming part of the timber-framing from a long demolished section of the house. Glazed ridge tile fragments were found inside the posthole suggesting the medieval buildings high status.
1 There is a pondbay at the above grid reference. The pondbay carries a farm road and is 24m long and 1m high. It is below the moat, not the ...
The site of a dam, possibly dating to the Medieval period. It is visible as an earthwork. The dam is located 700m north west of Packwood House.
1 A 1st century brooch of the Polden Hill type reported by metal detectorists.
Findspot - a brooch dating to the Roman period was found near Bushwood.
3 Ridge and furrow cultivation transcribed from air photographs.
Ridge and furrow cultivation, in Lapworth parish, dating to the Medieval period. Some areas of ridge and furrow are survive as earthworks, whilst others are visible on aerial photographs.
1 The only evidence for this section which is visible on the ground consists of a typical stretch of bank and ditch forming part of a farm road, called Tinkers ...
A linear earthwork possible dating to the Iron Age, which was a boundary feature being part of the Hobditch. It is visible in parts as an earthwork and is located south of Lapworth.
2 Group of ring ditches and a small rectangular enclosure show on aerial photographs. The site is probably that of a Second World War searchlight battery or anti aircraft battery ...
A group of ring ditches and a small enclosure are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The features probably represent the remains of a Second World War searchlight battery or anti aircraft battery. It is situated 500m north west of Copt Green.
1 Moat marked.
2 Broom Hall. Once ‘a considerable mansion surrounded by a moat’. Fishponds also exist.
3 The farmhouse dates in part from the mid 16th century. No mention of the ...
The site of Broom Hall Moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building. It dates to the Medieval period. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1926, and was situated 150m west of Broom Hall Canal Bridge, Lapworth.
1 Traces of ramparts surround an area of about 10.8 ha, the E part sloping down to the brook while the W part is elevated. The spout of an ewer ...
Harborough Banks, the site of a hillfort dating to the Iron Age. Some areas of the hillfort are still visible as earthworks. It is located 300m north of Broom Hall Bridge.
1 Moat marked.
2 On the OS map this feature appears as a small elongated stretch of water in line with other stretches a little to the S. They are all ...
The site of a possible moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building. It dated from the Medieval period and is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1926. It was situated just south of the Tanhouse at Kingswood in the parish of Lapworth.
1 Moat marked.
2 This is a long waterfilled ditch at the foot of Farm Cottage gardens with possible traces of another arm turning S at the W end. No longer ...
Lapworth Farm Moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building. Only faint traces are still visible of this possible moat of Medieval origin. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1926, and is situated 100m north of the canal locks at Lapworth.
1 Roman tile kiln marked.
2 1935 finds amounted to a scatter of Roman roofing tiles, some of which were wasters, and a considerable amount of clinker.
3 After ploughing in 1967 ...
The site of a tile kiln dating to the Roman period. Various finds were also recovered from this site, including a glass bead and a coin. The kiln was located 800m north east of Turner's Green.
1 A rather small, well-shaped axe picked up at Kingswood Farm. The axe is made of uralitised gabbro, rock-group 1, and is believed to have a Cornish origin.
4 A complete ...
Findspot - a stone axe dating to the Neolithic period. It was found 500m north east of Lapworth railway station.
1 Remains of a moat exist S of Bushwood Hall.
2 The moat is waterfilled and that part of the E arm that had been filled in has been re-excavated and ...
Bushwood Hall Moat, the well preserved earthwork of a Medieval moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building. It is located 400m south east of Copt Green.
1 A ‘mansion’ is recorded at the beginning of the reign of Edward I (1272-1307). It is not improbable that the moat to the W of Bushwood Hall marks the ...
A moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building, of Medieval origin. It is visible as an earthwork, though overgrown. It is situated 600m south of Bushwood Lane, Lapworth.
1 Tile fragments, probably Romano British, found here (sited from sketch map). It was thought that this was connected to the tile kiln (PRN 1699).
Findspot - fragments of tile possibly dating to the Roman period and found 500m east of Pepper's Hill.
Site of a Medieval deerpark.
1 There were evidently two parks in Lapworth by the end of the C13, when ‘the greater park’ is recorded. In 1420 ‘the Little Park’ is ...
Documentary records indicate that this was possibly the site of a medieval deer park.