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 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 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 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.
Site of Medieval and Post Medieval park.
1 In 1165 and 1187 the Pipe Rolls contain references to the park which surrounded Kenilworth Castle. Further references occur in the 13th century. ...
The site of Queens Park which formed part of the deer park belonging to Kenilworth Castle during the Medieval and Post Medieval periods. The earthwork remains of the park pale are still visible. It is located at Chase Wood.
1 ‘Rincale’ is mentioned in Domesday and ‘Rincelle Wood’ is referred to by Dugdale. A later authority records that Rincele is now commemmorated by Rouncill Lane in Kenilworth. Uneven stretches ...
The possible site of the Medieval deserted settlement of Rincale which existed in the Medieval period and is known through documentary sources. The site is situated 700m east of Fernhill Farm.
1 Marked as a ‘depopulated place’ at about the above grid reference.
2 Blackwell is recorded during the reign of Henry II (1154-89). In 1565 ten ‘cottiers’ and four freeholders are ...
The possible site of the Medieval deserted settlement of Blackwell. The settlement was probably located in the area to the south of Meer End.
1 Running approximately from SP2671 to SP2672 is a ditch and bank which is probably of medieval date, and originally served as a deer leap. Its overall width reaches ...
The site of a deer leap, which allowed the access for deer into the deer park, which was used during the Medieval and Post Medieval period. The earthworks of the ditch and bank are still visible. It is located 400m south east of Chase Wood.
1 The Keep dates from the replacement in stone of the original motte and bailey construction, and dates from the late 12th century. It is rectangular with square angle turrets ...
The stone Keep dates from the late 12th century with alterations and additions in the 14th. Most of the windows were widened or replaced in the 16th century. The north wall was destroyed after the Civil War.
1 During work on trial trenches, two sandstone features recorded in the garden.
Niches of similar proportions, each carved from a single stone block, interiors coated with limewash. Likely to have originated from Abbey site.
1 A number of important earthworks exist outside the castle. Running in a SE direction for a length of about 137m is an artificial bank thrown across the valley from ...
The site of a dam which was created during the Medieval period to create the water defences at Kenilworth castle known as the Mere, which no longer exists. The earthwork bank is still visible and is situated to the south, west and north of the castle.
1 The great dam (PRN 5379) and its sluice were considered to be so important to the defence of the castle, that further earthworks were constructed beyond in order to ...
An earthwork bank, topped by circular mounds, and ditches, which were created during the Medieval period. They were created as defences against an attack on the Medieval dam associated with Kenilworth Mere. They are located 500m south west of Kenilworth Castle.
1 Under the wealthy and ostentatious John of Gaunt the castle was first repaired and then, from 1391 onwards, converted from a feudal stronghold into a palace. To this period ...
Phase three of the building of Kenilworth castle included the Great Hall with cellars below, the 'Strong Tower' which housed the treasury, and the 'Saintlow Tower'. This phase of building began in about 1391 and continued into the 1570s.
1 Of the monastic buildings only a few shapeless blocks of rubble rise above ground level. Excavation enabled the ground plans to be uncovered. The 12th century church had a ...
The remains of Kenilworth Abbey Church which dates from the Medieval period. Excavation has uncovered the ground plan and evidence of burials within the church. The site is at the tennis courts in Abbey Fields.
1 The area within the moat was surrounded by a stone wall. In 1923 two brothers excavated a trench about 3.6m square to a depth of 1.5m at the E ...
The site of a curtain wall, which was built during the Medieval and Post Medieval period. The stone wall surrounded the area inside the moat at the Pleasance, situated 1km west of the castle. The foundations of a building are still visible at the site.
1 Inside the double moat at the Pleasurance was a timber banqueting hall. This was dismantled by Henry VIII.
2 Foundations are visible within the island of the moat.
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A Banqueting Hall which was constructed during the Medieval and Post Medieval periods at the Pleasance. It was situated inside the double moat and was built of timber. The foundations of this building are still visible at the site.
1 Coin from the 13th century reported by metal detectorists.3633
2 4 coins, 13th-15th century, found by metal detector at SP 27 72.
Findspot - five coins dating to the Medieval period were found 900m south of Kenilworth Castle.
1 The open air swimming pool at Abbey Fields clearly occupies a site of great antiquity. When the extensions to the pool were carried out twenty years ago a number ...
Findspot - a coin of Medieval date was found at Abbey Fields, Kenilworth.
1A site visit was made in November 2005 in response to a report of human remains in the foundation trench for a replacement rear extension on a site adjacent to ...
A site visit was made in November 2005 in response to a report of human remains in the foundation trench for a replacement rear extension on a site adjacent to St. Nicholas' Churchyard. A human tibia and fibula were recovered, possibly from an articulated medieval or post-medieval burial in a layer below an extensive relating to a 19th-century privy.
1 The remains of possible wall foundations, floor surfaces and a stone-lined pit or trough with 13th-century pottery. Several pits and ditches were also recorded, potentially associated with 15th or ...
The remains of possible wall foundations, floor surfaces and a stone-lined pit or trough with 13th-century pottery. Several pits and ditches were also recorded, potentially associated with 15th or 16th-century activity on the site.
1 Ashow, Thickthorn Wood. Linear earthwork. Excavation revealed this to be a Medieval boundary bank. Documentary evidence associated the earthwork with a monastic grange at Chesford Bridge.
A Medieval boundary bank survives as an earthwork. It is situated to the north east edge of Thickthorn Wood. Documentary evidence suggests that it was associated with a monastic grange at Chesford Bridge.
1 Finds made with a metal detector. Cast bronze leg and foot from a bronze jug or bowl. Late Medieval. Also other lead and iron objects.
Findspot - various metal objects, including part of a bronze jug or bowl, dating to the Medieval or Post Medieval period were found 800m west of the football ground, Bulkington.
1 Assorted finds comprising two coins of the 16th century and a square horse pendant dated from the 13th to 15th century reported by metal detectorists. Illustrations of both ...
Findspot - various metal objects, including coins, dating to the Medieval and Post Medieval periods, were found 800m south west of Kenilworth Castle.
1 Excavation in advance of construction of a new entrance building uncovered stratified medieval deposits across the whole of the excavated area. Dam construction layers dating to the 12th/13th century ...
Construction layers for the dam at Kenilworth Castle were found during excavation, together with a rubble surface and pottery, tile and glass.