1 The Saxon burgh at Warwick was established by Ethelfleda in 914 to defend Mercia against the Danes. The site commanded the river valley and a natural crossing of ...
Documentary and place name evidence suggests that the line of the Early Medieval defences of the Saxon burgh follow the line of the later Medieval walls in Warwick.
1 The fortification of Warwick was complicated by the building of a town wall, possibly placed near Ethelfleda’s rampart (PRN 2191). The earth rampart was located during excavation in 1964. ...
Warwick defences, consisting of a Town Wall and Ditch. Documentary evidence has suggested the line for the Medieval Defences, which has been subject to excavation; in places it survives a a rock-cut ditch with eroded bedrock backfill.
1 An archaeological evaluation at this location involved the excavation of trial trenches either side of the former London Road. An 18th century pit was found to have truncated ...
Excavations revealed a boundary wall dating to the Imperial period. It may be the same wall marked on two maps dated 1788 and 1806. The site is just south of Warwick Castle Old Bridge.