1 Post Mill, 16th century, at the above grid reference.
2 Windmill?
3 No trace found when site was visited, or any other reference found.
Documentary evidence suggests that this was the site of a Post Medieval post mill, a windmill mounted on a post. The possible site lies north west of Westley Bridge.
1 Lower Old Baginton Windmill. 16th century? post mill.
2 ‘Lower Old Baginton Windmill (P).
3 No trace of remains of the windmill.
Some documentary evidence exists to suggest that this was the site of a post mill, a windmill mounted on a post. It would have been in use during the Post Medieval period. Its likely location was 400m northwest of Chantry Heath Wood.
1 Flint scraper. Found at Manor Farm at the above grid reference.
Findspot - a flint tool, a scraper, of Neolithic or Bronze Age date was found 200m west of the church at Stoneleigh.
1 One pebble macehead fragment from the above grid reference.
2 Dating confirmed as Mesolithic.
Findspot - a fragment of a stone macehead, possibly of Mesolithic date, was found 400m west of Cloud Bridge.
1 Part of a terra sigillata bowl (Samian) from New Era Farm at the above grid reference. It was found during work on the site by the Severn Trent Water ...
Findspot - fragments of pottery from a Roman bowl were found 100m south of Kings Hill Lane.
1 A silver coin of the Dobunni was found in Motslowhill Spinney. Whereabouts of find not known.
2 No traces of occupation found on ground when site was visited.
3 This is ...
Findspot - an Iron Age coin was found 100m north west of Motslowhill Spinney.
1 A possible perforated hammerstone described as “a stone egg with a hole through it”; the hole ran from end to end. Findspot location is not known.
Findspot - a hammerstone, dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age period, was found 500m west of Gibbet Hill.
1 Finds of worked flint over a period of several years at Crackley, one mile S of Gibbet Hill. In 1949 a microlith, a broken blade, a pot-boiler and other ...
Findspot - various flint objects dating to the Mesolithic period were found to the north of Kenilworth.
1 A flake found at the old deerpark.
Findspot - a flint artefact of Neolithic or Bronze Age date was found in the area of Stoneleigh.
1 Four worked flint flakes, ?Neolithic, from Gibbet Hill at the above grid reference.
2 Flint leaf-shaped arrowhead, scrapers, flakes. Found at Gibbet Hill at the above grid reference and now ...
Findspot - several flint artefacts of Neolithic or Bronze Age date, including a leaf-shaped arrowhead, were found 200m south west of Baginton Castle.
1 A flat round scraper and ten flakes. Found in a field 640m ESE of Westley Bridge and Gibbet Hill road.
Findspot - flint artefacts of Neolithic or Bronze Age date, including a scraper, were found 1km north west of Stoneleigh.
1 There were two mills attached to the manor in 1086; in 1291 a third mill at Home Grange, S of the Abbey, and others at Stareton and Cryfield are ...
The site of Grange Mill, a watermill which was originally built during the Medieval period. The mill is known to have existed from documentary evidence. It was situated 1km south east of Stoneleigh Abbey.
1 There were two mills at Stoneleigh in 1086. By 1535 six mills were recorded. In 1725 only two mills were recorded on Beighton’s map and the same two appear ...
The possible site of a watermill, dating from the Medieval period onwards, is suggested by documentary evidence. The site lies 200m south west of Stoneleigh Abbey.
1 Before 1880 a pumping wheel had been erected just below the site of the old mill on the Avon. The building and machinery have survived though no longer in ...
The site of a pump house which was in use during the Imperial period. It was situated near Stoneleigh Abbey.
1 Before the Norman invasion there were two mills at Stoneleigh.
2 Two mills are recorded in 1086 and 1291 and references occur to mills in 1367, 1535, and 1546.
3 There ...
The possible site of a Medieval watermill is suggested by documentary evidence. No trace of the mill buildings is visible above the ground level but the remains of the sluices can be traced. The site is located 300m north west of Stoneleigh Abbey.
1 This was probably on the site of at least one of the two mills in Stoneleigh recorded in the Domesday Survey. By the 16th century there were six mills ...
The site of Stoneleigh Mill, a watermill which dates back to the Medieval period. The watercourses associated with the mill are still visible as earthworks. The site lies to the north of Stoneleigh.
1 There were two mills at Stoneleigh in 1086. By 1291 there were other mills at Stareton and Cryfield.
2 It is likely that the mill at Stareton was situated at ...
The possible site of a watermill dating to the Medieval period. The mill is known to have existed from documentary evidence. The watercourses associated with the mill are still visible as earthworks and are situated to the west of Stareton.
1 Gatehouse, completed in 1346 by Adam de Hockele, sixteenth Abbot. Although much restored and internally remodelled, is substantially unaltered externally. Outer face has an entrance consisting of a low-centred, ...
Stoneleigh Abbey Gatehouse which was built from red sandstone during the Medieval period. It is situated north east of the abbey remains.
1 The Abbey of Radmore was transferred to Stoneleigh in 1154-5. The foundation stone of the church of the new Cistercian Abbey was laid in 1155. In 1241 the monastery ...
The site of Stoneleigh Abbey, a Cistercian monastery that was founded during the Medieval period. Few traces of the abbey buildings survive above the ground except for the gatehouse. The site is located southwest of The National Agricultural Centre.
1 The S aisle of the conventual church partly survives in the N side of the present house. The semicircular arch at the E end was apparently between the aisle ...
Stoneleigh Abbey Church was built during the Medieval period. The church no longer exists in its own right but parts of if have been incorporated into a house that was on the same site. It is located to the east of the abbey remains.
1 A scatter of Romano British grey wares and two timber beam slots were found during excavation on the E bank of Finham Brook, at Manor Fields Farm. The bottom ...
Two Roman timber beam slots and fragments of pottery were found during an excavation. A V-shaped ditch of unknown date was also found. The features suggest that this might be the site of a Roman settlement. It was located 1km north west of Stoneleigh.
1 Hill Farm, Finham. Neolithic/Bronze Age tumulus. This ploughed-out mound was found to be outside the land take of the Kenilworth Bypass. A drainage trench in 1932 produced a Bronze ...
The site of a possible round barrow, a mound of earth usually built to conceal a burial. The barrow probably would have dated to the Bronze Age. The site lies 200m west of Finham Green.
Possible site of a Medieval moat.
1 An estate map from 1766 calls this field ‘Moat Close’.
2 This was not accessible during a site visit in 1983 so it was impossible ...
The site of a moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building. It is marked on an Estate Map of 1766 but might date back to the Medieval period. The site is located 800m northwest of Wainbody Wood, Stoneleigh.
Earthworks of Medieval fishponds.
1 Fishponds marked.
2 Fishponds marked.
3 1979: An area of ground around the old stew ponds was cleared. The intention was to clear the two ponds and possibly ...
Medieval fishponds used for the breeding and storing of fish, probably connected with the Medieval Abbey of Stoneleigh. There is documentary evidence for them from the 18th century. They are situated 1km southwest of the present Abbey.