1 A number of Palaeolithic and possible Palaeolithic implements have been found at Baginton gravel pit. Four implements were found at various times prior to 1929. These included a long ...
Findspot - a number of Palaeolithic stone and flint axes and other implements have been found at Baginton gravel pit.
1 Site 4. Now almost quarried away. Probably a burial site outside the settlement at Baginton. Two cinerary urns and a few odd sherds, a bronze jug minus its handles ...
Findspot - two Roman cremation urns and a bronze jug were amongst the finds made 100m south west of Baginton Bridge.
1 1968: Rescue excavation on a ring ditch (PRN 6079) in advance of bypass construction revealed Neolithic features. The site is on a gently rising hillock just above the flood ...
The excavation of a ring ditch uncovered nine shallow storage pits of Neolithic date, together with sherds of Neolithic pottery. The features are suggestive of a settlement. The site is 300m north east of Baginton Bridge.
1 A castle, probably rebuilt by Sir William Bagot c1397, although there appears to have been a castle here before this. Henry, Duke of Hereford (later Henry IV), was entertained ...
The remains of Baginton Castle which is Medieval in date. The motte and bailey, as well as the moat, are still visible as earthworks. The remains of the stone keep, which was built during the 14th century, are also visible. The castle is situated to the west of Baginton.
1 During the excavation of a gravel pit in 1931, a workman came across a Beaker (which he unfortunately broke) with a “flint near its foot”: the former was found ...
Findspot - a Bronze Age beaker, a handleless drinking vessel, was found near Coventry Road, Baginton. The beaker was decorated with incised lines. Flint artefacts of the same date were also found in this location.
1 Burials were found in the course of the working of Hall Pit. The cemetery probably also extends into the Hall grounds and SW of Hall Pit. Most of the ...
The site of a cemetery containing Anglo Saxon cremation burials and inhumations dating to the Migration or Early Medieval periods. Brooches, tweezers, and buckles were amongst the objects found with the burials. The cemetery was situated to the east of Baginton.
1 At the S end of Baginton a gravel pit was examined by J H Edwards, who discovered some Roman sherds in the topsoil. On the face of the gravel ...
Part excavation of a Roman settlement uncovered various features and finds. These included wells and/or pits containing Roman pottery, occupational and building debris, coins and a brooch. The site is located 200m southeast of the church at Baginton.
1 In Hall sand-pit, 200m SW of the find of an Early Bronze Age beaker (PRN 2678) and N of the E portion of the Saxon cemetery (PRN 2679) a ...
Findspot - fragments of pottery from a Bronze Age bucket urn were found in the area to the east of Coventry Road, Baginton.
1 The only reference to this find (apart from the OS Card which gives the above location) is by Edwards who, as an addendum to his reporting of the finds ...
Findspot - a Bronze Age flint arrowhead was found 300m east of the church at Baginton.
1 Found during working of Hall Pit. Finds are now in Coventry Museum.
2 Site 3: A worked-out gravel pit W of the main road, lying between Kimberley and Francis Roads ...
Excavation of a Roman settlement uncovered wells pits and a ditch, together with brooches and a quantity of pottery including Samian ware, all probably of Flavian date. The site is north and northeast of the church at Baginton.
1 A large Neolithic stone axe discovered during gravel working in 1939. The axe is almost completely polished except for a number of patches where the chipping scars have not ...
Findspot - a stone axehead dating to the Neolithic period was found to the north of Baginton Castle.
1 1971: During excavations in advance of the Kenilworth bypass Neolithic pits have been found. The pits contained fire-cracked stones, burnt clay and sherds of Secondary Neolithic pottery. A shallow ...
An archaeological excavation uncovered an area of Neolithic settlement, including a linear ditch and pits containing sherds of pottery. The site is to the south east of the Stonebridge Roundabout at Baginton.
1 Find of Mesolithic flints including five cores, ten blades/flakes, two scrapers, one microlith. Now in Coventry Museum.
2 Tentative identification of finds with some in Coventry Museum.
3 Dating confirmed as ...
Findspot - several Mesolithic flint artefacts were found in the area of Baginton.
1 A piece of worked chert-like flint was picked up in 1929 when excavations into the interglacial gravels were being made. The crude flaking and the residual areas of cortex ...
Findspot - a Neolithic or Bronze Age flint artefact was found 100m south of Rowley Lane, near Tollbar End.
1 During the excavation of the castle trial holes were dug at various likely places without producing evidence for other buildings. There were however traces of buildings between the church ...
The site of a Medieval shrunken village. The remains of house platforms and a hollow way are visible as earthworks. The site is located to the east of Baginton Castle.
1 1979: Excavation in advance of a new housing complex. The aim was to try to establish the extent of the Roman and Saxon occupation on the Baginton Plateau. Positive ...
During an excavation the remains of an enclosure surrounding a timber building and several rubbish pits were found. The remains were Roman in date and suggested that this was once a settlement. The site was located 400m south east of the church at Baginton.
1 Site 2. Opposite side of main road from the Home Farm. Site has now been almost entirely removed by gravel extraction. The site was very rich in scattered pieces, ...
The site of a Roman settlement. Two wells and numerous fragments of pottery were found at the site which is located 400m east of Baginton.
1 18. Baginton (3m 600yds, S 10 degrees E) Quarter mile N of Chantry Wood. Eight flakes.
2 No further information was forthcoming, and the area now (depending which ...
A flint scatter, comprising flint artefacts of Prehistoric date, was found 500m north of Chantry Heath Wood.
1 During renovation of the porch of a house called ‘The Sheriffs’ in the centre of Baginton in 1982, a hurried excavation revealed a rubbish pit containing Roman pottery dateable ...
During an archaeological excavation, a pit was uncovered containing Roman pottery of the first century AD. The site is west of Holly Walk at Baginton.
1 One of the two fields in Baginton containing ridge and furrow (the other is WA 2956) is centred on the above NGR. The two fields are some 200 ...
An area of ridge and furrow cultivation of Medieval or Post Medieval date. It is visible as an earthwork. The area of ridge and furrow is situated north of Coventry Road, Baginton.
1 Apart from to the E of Lunt Cottages (WA 2955), the other field in Baginton containing evidence of ridge and furrow is at the above location. This field ...
An area of ridge and furrow cultivation of Medieval or Post Medieval date. The ridge and furrow survives as an earthwork. It is situated 300m east of the church at Baginton.
1 In 1983 the excavation was still in process, although nearing completion, ahead of renovation work on Home Farm and its outbuildings. The E half of the area has produced ...
The site of a Roman settlement. Numerous ditches, pits and slots were uncovered during an excavation. The site is 200m northeast of the chuch at Baginton.
1 Storage jar of Wappenbury Ware: Large piece missing, height 15 cm. Provenance – site of new Vicarage (Rectory). 1.5m down in sand.
2 There is no finder’s name or date ...
Findspot - a storage jar of Roman date was found 300m south east of Baginton Castle.
1 Core chisel found at this location.
2 Coventry Museum reference A885/25/1.
Findspot - a flint core for a Prehistoric tool was found in the area of Baginton.