1 Site of a now destroyed sheep wash. Stream which fed the sheep wash is still present.
The site of a Sheepwash (now destroyed). The site lies to the north - west of the Deer Park at Little Compton.
1 Long Compton. Built by 1679. Recorded as ‘Old Windmill’ 1885. Demolished early 20th century. Post mill.
3 Site is marked by a mound in a derelict area and is approached ...
A windmill that dates back to the Post Medieval period. It continued to be used until the 20th century. It is shown on an Ordnance Survey map of 1885. The windmill mound survives as an earthwork 1.2 km south east of Little Compton.
1 Reference is made to a Prehistoric trackway known as the Jurrassic Way that follows the southern County boundary between Warwickshire and Oxfordshire. The original route stretched from the ...
A Prehistoric trackway known as the Jurrassic Way. It runs through the area of Little Compton. The original route stretched from the Humber to the Mendips.
1 Rectilinear crop marks and pits apparent on aerial photographs 650m south of Langston Farm Little Compton mapped as part of the English Heritage National Mapping Project. The crop ...
Rectilinear crop marks and pits are apparent on aerial photographs 650m south of Langston Farm Little Compton.
1 The possible extent of the Medieval settlement based on the first edition 6″ maps of 1886, 58NE and 59NE and NW.
2 Domesday lists the village under Gloucestershire. The Phillimore ...
The possible extent of Medieval settlement in Little Compton as indicated on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886.
True dinosaurs – land-dwelling ruling reptiles of the Mesozoic Era – are quite widespread in Great Britain, and more are being discovered all the time. In Warwickshire, our widespread Jurassic ...
The hills at the southern tip of Warwickshire, above Long Compton, are capped by beds of limestone of Middle Jurassic age, roughly 170 million years old. These formed as layers ...
The Middle Jurassic period, roughly 170 million years ago, saw a time when tropical waters made their mark on what is now central England. Shallow, clear seas spread over the ...