1 A well, traditionally associated with Guy of Warwick.
2 A spring head at the base of a cliff enclosed in a fairly modern arched recess of ashlar sandstone.
3 Circa 1751-7 ...
Guy's Well, a Medieval holy well, associated with Guy of Warwick, can be found 215m south of The Saxon Mill public house.
1 The probable extent of the medieval settlement at Leek Wootton based on the OS map of 1886, 33NW.
2 The 1886 map shows settlement clustered around the central intersection of ...
The probable extent of the medieval settlement at Leek Wootton based on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886.
1 The possible extent of settlement based on the OS map of 1886, 33NW.
2 The Dugdale map marks Hill Wootton and gives it a tiny circle – the symbol for ...
The possible extent of the medieval/post medieval settlement based on documentary evidence.
1 Find of a partially worked barbed and tanged arrowhead from the early Bronze Age. Method of recovery unrecorded. The grid reference given was SP43456930, which is in Bourton and ...
Find of a partially worked barbed and tanged arrowhead from the Bronze Age. The exact location is unclear.
1 Axe (Group VI). Found at Banner Hill Farm. In private possession.
2 Neolithic date agreed.
Findspot - a Neolithic stone axe was found in a field between Bulloak, Bannerhill and Goodrest farms.
1 Numerous flint implements, flakes and cores found by J H Edwards on a low terrace and flood plain on the N bank of the Avon, near where the Hill ...
Numerous flint implements dating to between the Mesolithic and the Bronze Age. The flint scatter was found in the field which now forms the north roundabout of the Warwick bypass.
1 Flint scatter found during excavation of Saxon (?) site in 1971. John Hedges Collection, large numbers of cores, blades/flakes, scrapers, microliths and other flints.
2 A Mesolithic flint scatter coincided ...
Findspot - a large number of Mesolithic flints artefacts were found on land adjacent to Blacklow Hill. The area is now partially coverd by the A46.
1 An enclosure about 33m square, surrounded by a well-defined moat. Outside this is another moat which is not so clearly defined. The entrance is by a well-built, double-arched stone ...
Goodrest Lodge double moat, a wide ditch that surrounded a Manor House, of Medieval date. There is documentary evidence for its existence, and it remains visible as an earthwork. It is situated 450m north west of Nine Acre Plantation, Leek Wootton.
1 A coin from the 16th century reported by metal detectorists.
Find spot - a Post Medieval coin was found near Nevill Close, Whitnash.
Find of a Neolithic/Bronze Age flint.
1 Flint flake found during Kenilworth Bypass survey.
Findspot - A Neolithic to Bronze age flint was found 150m east of The Elms, Leek Wootton
Find of Neolithic/Bronze Age flint.
1 Worked flint found during Kenilworth bypass survey.
Findspot Neolithic to Bronze age flint was found 170m east of the Leek Wootton Primary School
2 Linear cropmarks and enclosures show on aerial photographs. Traces of possible ridge and furrow to the NE appear to be integrated into the enclosure system and may indicate that ...
Linear features and an enclosure are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. Ridge and furrow is also visible, suggesting that the enclosure may be of Medieval date. The site lies under the A46, 80m north east of the intersection with the rail bridge near Leek Wootton.
2 Enclosure with E entrance shows on air photographs. Also possible pits to east.
An undated enclosure and possible pits, show up on aerial photographs at this site 500m south of Hill Wootton.
1 Excavations in advance of the Kenilworth bypass have revealed a series of enigmatic circular pits 1.2m in diameter cut into the sandstone bedrock at the E end of Blacklow ...
An arrangement of pits, post holes and two burials were discovered during excavations on Blacklow Hill. The site may represent an Anglo Saxon religious site dating to the Migration period.
1 On the N slope of the hill, on what appears to be a levelled area, a heavy scatter of Romano British pottery has been revealed by the plough. Other ...
Numerous pieces of Roman pottery have been found on Blacklow Hill. This may indicate that there may once have been a Roman Settlement there.
1 Worked flints at above grid reference. This area proved negative.
2 Presumably the comment about the area proving negative refers to the absence of finds/features after topsoil stripping.
3 Dating given ...
Findspot - Prehistoric flint artefacts were found under the A46, 200m north east of the northern most roundabout of the Warwick bypass.
1 Medieval decorated tile from Leek Wootton.
2 From the ‘Old Church’.
Findspot - Medieval decorated tiles came from the 'Old Church' (All Saint's Church) at Leek Wootton.
1 22 cores, 103 flakes and blades were found in a field which is now the northern-most roundabout of the Warwick By-Pass.The site was probably an occupation or working site.
2 ...
Findspot - Mesolithic flint artefacts were found under what is now the northern most roundabout of the Warwick bypass. The finds may indicate an occupation or working site.
1 Retouched flake ?scraper found in donor’s garden at Woodcote Drive, Leek Wootton. Length 54mm, width 25mm max.
2 Flint bifacial blade tool.
Findspot - a flint artefact, a blade, of Neolithic or Bronze Age date was found in a garden behind a house on Woodcote Lane, Leek Wootton.
1 Lord Algernon Percy of Guy’s Cliffe had four coins (silver of Antoninus Pius, Commodus, bronze of Nero) which were found at Blacklow Hill. Others are believed to have been ...
Findspot - four Roman coins were found on the south side of Blacklow Hill.
1 Roman coins vaguely mentioned by J T Burgess as being found at Goodrest.
2 No additional information.
Findspot - Roman coins were found in the area of Goodrest.
1 A 17th century farthing token found at a farm at Leek Wootton. The grid reference is approximate. Type Temp. Commonwealth or Charles II c1660. The reverse has the initials ...
Findspot - a Post Medieval farthing was found behind houses on the east side of Warwick Road, Leek Wootton.
1 On the shore silts of the River Avon. Two pieces of Romano British pottery.
Findspot - two pieces of pottery dating to the Roman period were found 800m north east of Hill Wootton.
1 On the surface of sandy soil, which had been disturbed by tree felling, several well-patinated flints. They have striking platforms, bulbs of percussion, bulbar scars and ripples. No cores ...
Findspot - flint artefact of Neolithic or Bronze Age date were found 30m north west of the A46 on Blacklow Hill.