1 On private land known as Castle Yard which formed part of complex of Victorian farm buildings of Castle Farm. Steps to the right of the Old Granary and on ...
The site of a cliff thought to have been formed by the quarrying of stone for the medieval castle at Castle Yard, Fillongley. Steps, which predate the Imperial period but have not yet been more accurately dated, can be seen cut into the cliff face.
1 Find of a half-groat of Henry VII near Daw Mill Pit. Method of recovery unrecorded. Short grid reference given of SP2690.
Find of a half-groat from the medieval period in Fillongley near Daw Mill Pit.
1 The probable extent of the medieval settlement of Fillongley based on the OS first edition map of 1887, 16NW.
2 Domesday has 4 entries under Fillongley in Coleshill Hundred. The ...
The probable extent of the medieval settlement at Fillongley based on the Ordnance Survey map of 1887.
1 The possible site of deserted medieval settlement identified on a site visit.
The possible site of a deserted medieval settlement to the north of Castle Yard Fillongley identified during a site visit. The earthworks may or may not be associated.
1 Managed woodland containing a series of earthworks including some linear. The earthworks may pre-date the wood. It is bounded on the western and southern sides by a thick holly ...
An area of managed woodland which contains a series of earthworks, and is bounded by a thick holly hedge. It is situated within Birchley Hays Wood.
1 A boundary feature consisting of bank, ditch and bank. The bank lies on the south and west sides and the ditch to the north and east. The boundary has ...
A bank and ditch boundary feature, originally a parish boundary and now a county boundary, which is situated within Birchley Hays Wood, Fillongley. It dates from the post medieval period.
1 Find of three coins in January – February 1997. Method of recovery unrecorded. Grid reference given of SP29788720.
Find of medieval and post medieval coins in the Fir Tree Farm area of Fillongley
1 1595: ‘the Chappell green’.
2 Possibility that this was once a village with a chapel and a green. There are no surface indications of desertion.
The possible site of a deserted settlement of Medieval date. The site was located at Chapel Green, 500m north of Birchley Hays Wood.
1 Remains of a moat to NW of farmhouse.
2 ‘Considerable remains’ of an ancient moat survive at Moat House Farm.
3 No moat can now be recognised, though some fragments of ...
A moat, a wide ditch surrounding a building. It is Medieval in date and is visible as an earthwork. The moat is located at Moat House Farm, 700m north west of Corley Moor.
1 Catalogued as Wa 30/c. Of Great Langdale epidotized tuff.
2 According to the vicar it was found at harvest time either in 1971 or 1972.
3 The find spot was ...
Findspot - a Neolithic stone axe was found 200m west of Wood End.
1 Situated on S side of church opposite chancel. Modern octagonal shaft let into square socket stone which has four worked corners, the whole standing on four steps.
2 In the ...
A cross of Medieval date which is situated in the churchyard of Church St. Mary and All Saints on Coventry Road, Fillongley.
1 Find of a ring and two brooches from the medieval period which were reported to the Museum in 1997. The grid reference was marked as SP29788720, but the method ...
Find of a ring and two brooches from the medieval period, 100m southwest of High House Farm, Fillongley.
1 Find of a Roman denarius and brooch fragment in October 1997. The grid reference given was SP296870, but the method of recovery was unrecorded.
Find of a Roman coin and brooch south of Fir Tree Farm, Fillongley
1 Roman coins found by metal detectorists.
2 Thirteen coins recovered by metal detectorists in the area of Didgley Brook, of which three were of later 3rd century, and the remainder ...
Findspot - several coins of Roman date were found 600m north west of Fillongley.
1 Small socketed spearhead with loops. (See J.Evans, Ancient British Implements, p.322). Found about 1961 on Medieval earthwork known locally as ‘The Butts’. Loops were ‘squashed’ in antiquity ...
Findspot - a Bronze Age spearhead was found at Fillongley Castle Yard, 400m south east of Fillongley.
1 Mesolithic. Field survey in 1978 revealed waste cores from which artefacts had been flaked until the core was too small to facilitate further striking, waste flakes, microliths, wasters of ...
A flint scatter of Mesolithic date, made up of various types of flint artefacts, was found 300m north east of Wagstaff Farm.
1 A quern, possibly Medieval, found when digging a hole for a gate post.
Findspot - a quern stone used for grinding grain, possibly of Medieval date, was found near Coventry Road, Fillongley.
1 Worked flint flake found in the garden of Arley House.
Findspot - a flint flake of Prehistoric date was found in the gardens of Arley House.
1 1 piece of Roman pottery found with medieval pottery by some boys poaching in Fillongley.
Findspot - a sherd of pottery dating to the Roman period was found around Fillongley.
1 A moat is shown on the first edition one inch to one mile Ordnance Survey map.
A moated site is shown on the one inch to one mile ordnance survey map. The road running past the site has been moved northwards.
1 From the above grid reference. A wrought iron guillon dagger found in an uprooted hedgerow, February 1987. Blade 390 mm, handle and guillon 522 mm. Date 14th or 15th ...
Findspot - a dagger of Medieval date was found 800m north west of Red Hill.
1 Found by metal detectorist in the area of Didgley Brook. The piece is discoid, and some 47mm in diameter; there is no evidence for any suspension hole. The reverse ...
Findspot - a lead medallion of Post Medieval date was found 600m north west of Fillongley.
1 11 sherds of medieval pottery found in Fillongley by some boys while poaching.
Findspot - fragments of Medieval pottery were found in the area of Fillongley. The exact location of the findspot is unknown.
1 A well-preserved entrenchment, nearly oval in form and situated on low-lying ground. Its defences consist of a strong rampart running round a raised internal plateau with a deep ditch ...
Castle Hills, a Medieval motte and bailey castle. It is situated 200m north east of Berryfields Farm.