1 Dugdale stated that this was a depopulated place but had once had a chapel. The second edition adds that there is only one house standing, near to which are ...
The site of a Medieval deserted settlement. Documentary evidence suggests that the settlement was located in the area of Hydes Pasture.
2 Two possible ring ditches show on aerial photographs. These are in the middle of a number of natural features and may also be non-archaeological.
Two possible ring ditches are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The are probably of Neolithic or Bronze Age date and are situated 100m north of Stretton Lodge.
2 Large oval enclosure shows on aerial photographs. The enclosure is similar in shape to Hinckley Greyhound Stadium 300m to the N. Is it the site of a former stadium?
The site of an enclosure of unknown date which is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. The site is located 500m north east of Hydes Pastures.
2 Two possible ring ditches show on aerial photographs. One of these appears to have been caused by the wheels of a tractor, the second is probably archaeological.
The site of two possible ring ditches which are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. They are probably of Neolithic or Bronze Age date. The site is located 800m south west of Sketchley.
1 The 1517 Inquiry records that there had been a substantial settlement. The site lies just N of its fishponds in a field known as Town Field. Dugdale’s 2nd edition ...
The site of Stretton Baskerville Medieval deserted settlement. The settlement is visible as an earthwork and has been partially excavated. It is situated 1km south west of Sketchley.
1 Mr Morris, whose family have been millers at Burton Mill since 1848, said that his father used to refer to the site as a windmill mound. The mound is ...
The site of a post mill, a windmill mounted on a post. It was built during the Imperial period. The post mill is known to have existed from documentary evidence and the mill mound survives as an earthwork. The site is located on Mill Lane, 500m west of Burton Hastings.
1 At SP4288 are two mounds which were first noted by their remarkable silhouette on an E-W hedgeline which crosses them. 1960: Both mounds have been spread by the plough. ...
The site of two possible round barrows, circular mounds of earth usually concealing a burial. They probably dated to the Bronze Age. The site is located 500m east of Shelford.
2 Probable pit alignment shows as a crop mark. On one photograph it appears as a continuous ditch, but on another individual pits can be distinguished in two fields.
3 Date ...
The site of a possible pit alignment is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. The site lies 200m north of Hinckley Road.
1 A perforated whetstone found in 1976 on the surface of a ploughed field at Bramcote Hill. Length 6.8 cm, breadth 2.2 cm, maximum thickness 0.8 cm. Weight 24 grammes. ...
Findspot - a whetstone, thought to be of Bronze Age date, was found 400m south east of Bramcote Hospital.
Five probable palaeolithic axes: 3 flint, 1 quartzite, 1 uncertain. Also flakes and rolled chipping tools.
1 Small flint handaxe found in 1972.
2 Location plan.
Findspot - five Palaeolithic handaxes were found 1km north west of Wolvey.
WJF recorded a cropmark complex centred at the given NGR. The available photographs appear to show little of definite archaeological interest, and the these may be non-archaeological features.
Possible archaeological features of unknown date are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The site is located 200m north of Sketchley Lane.
1 According to Dugdale to the S of Burton Hastings is Shireford where nothing remains apart from part of the manor house. The site is adjoining the modern Shireford Farm, ...
The Medieval deserted settlement of Shelford. The settlement is known to have existed from documentary evidence and some areas are visible as earthworks. The settlement is situated 1.5km south east of Burton Hastings.
1 The probable extent of the medieval settlement based on the OS first edition 6″ map of 1886, 11SE.
2 Burton Hastings is listed in Domesday in Brinklow Hundred. The Phillimore ...
The probable extent of the medieval settlement at Burton Hastings based on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886 and on an aerial photograph.
1 Iron Age stater found in 1995 near the Three Pots Inn on land at Burton Fields Farm. The method of recovery was unrecorded, and a six figure grid reference ...
Find of a coin from the Iron Age in the area of the Three Pots Inn in Burton Hastings.
1 Unit of the Icenae found west of the Ashby de la Zouche canal. When and how the coin was recovered is not recorded, but a six figure grid reference ...
Iron Age coin from the first century AD found in Burton Hastings west of the Ashby canal.
1 Dugdale records large pools, canals and moats marking the site of a Manor House.
2 Details of a manorial history exist.
3 It is possible that either Shelford House or Shelford ...
The site of a Manor House, and its associated moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building. It dates to the Medieval period, and there is documentary evidence for its existence. It is situated at Shelford, southeast of Burton Hastings.
1 A small but deeply incised stream, part of which was dammed by the Medieval villagers to make two fishponds, with extra breeding chambers and an intricate supply system of ...
The site of Medieval fishponds, used for breeding and storing fish. The fishponds are visible as earthworks and are situated at Stretton Baskerville, 1km south west of Sketchley.
1 Flint assemblage with many scrapers.
2 Assorted flints listed at SP44108763.
A flint scatter of Prehistoric flint artefacts was found in the area to the west of Shelford.
1 26 axes found during field work. These included 15 flint, 6 quartz, and 5 possible examples. Flint chipping tools were also noted.
2 Plan.
3 A collection of Palaeolithic quartzite artefacts ...
Findspot - several Palaeolithic handaxes were found in an area 300m south east of Bramcote Hospital.
1 A small flint hand axe and several flakes found in a ploughed field.
Findspot - a Palaeolithic handaxe and several flint artefacts were found 800m north west of Wolvey Heath.
1 Three flint axes, a tool and a core found in a ploughed field.
Findspot - various Palaeolithic flint artefacts, including three handaxes, were found 500m north of Shelford.
1 One flint axe discovered.
2 Location plan.
Findspot - a flint handaxe of Palaeolithic date was found 1km south east of Burton Hastings.
1 Scatter of possible Palaeolithic flakes found in field.
Findspot - a scatter of Palaeolithic flint artefacts were found 500m north west of Shelford.
1 A scatter of possible Palaeolithic flakes found in field.
Findspot - a scatter of Palaeolithic flint artefacts were found 700m north of Shelford.
