1 Find of a Roman coin and most of a Roman brooch in 1997. Method of recovery unrecorded. Grid reference given of SP435886.
Find of two Roman items at Wolvey Heath south of Five Lane Ends.
1 The possible extent of the medieval settlement based on the OS map of 1887, 17NE.
2 There are 3 entries for Bramcote in Domesday, in Brinklow Hundred. The Phillimore edition ...
The possible extent of the medieval settlement at Bramcote based on the Ordnance Survey map of 1887 and on aerial photographs.
1 Field not yet thoroughly walked
1 Single large blade, similar to others dated to late Mesolithic/early Neolithic
1 Small blades (possibly microtiths?).
2 Large triple ring ditch shows on aerial photographs. This could be a henge of Neolithic/Bronze Age date.
3 The site is on top of a fairly high ridge. No finds ...
The site of a possible ring ditch of Neolithic or Bronze Age date. The site is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs and appears as a triple ring ditch. It is located 1km north of Wolvey Gorse.
1 Barrow at Smockington. This ‘barrow’ is shown on OS 1904 6″map as a depression. The site is under plough and there are no surface signs.
2 Barrow, now disappeared.
3 The ...
The possible site of a Bronze Age round barrow, a circular mound of earth usually built to conceal a burial. The site of the barrow is suggested by documentary evidence. It is situated 100m south of Smockington.
1 Hearth in poor condition exposed by drains (T C Cantrill, May 1922).
2 No trace of the hearth was found.
The site of a hearth, of unknown date. The hearth was situated 800m north of Smockington Lane.
1 Air photograph.
2 Earthwork remains of a possible settlement are marked on OS maps and show on aerial photographs borrowed from NMR – reference numbers not recorded.
The possible site of a settlement of Medieval or Post Medieval date. It is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs. The site is located 400m north of Wolvey.
1 Barrow. From the area many flints, including a barbed and tanged arrowhead. May fall in Wolvey parish. Grid reference approximate.
2 This probably actually relates the Abbey Farm barrow 0.5km ...
The possible site of a round barrow, a mound of earth usually built to conceal a burial. It is of Bronze Age date. The site is located 200m east of Gipsy Lane.
1 Vestiges of a moat, a pool with an old house within it, are visible and mark the site of a Medieval hermitage.
2 Giles de Astley in 1394-5 admitted William ...
The site of a Medieval hermitage is suggested by documentary evidence. The site is located at Wolvey Heath.
1 An extensive water complex including fishponds (PRN 5473).
2 Illustrated as a moated site.
3 A large pond on the course of the possible moat still exists and is filled with ...
The site of a probable Medieval moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building. It is partially visible as an earthwork, and is situated 300m south east of Anker Bridge, Wolvey.
1 Dugdale records that N from Wolvey lies Copston Parva, now a depopulated place and only known by the name of Copston Fields. Here was a chapel (PRN 5474). Area ...
The site of the Medieval deserted settlement of Copston Parva. The settlement is known from documentary evidence. It was situated 1km east of Wolvey Heath.
1 Bronze celt in the Bloxam collection resembling in form that figured in Sir John Evans’ Bronze Implements. Also bronze palstaves.
2 The two objects referred to above are almost certainly ...
Findspot - a Bronze Age axehead or palstave was found in the area north east of Wolvey.
1 Chancel, nave, N and S aisles, W tower and S porch. Apart from the S doorway nothing remains of the 12th century church. Rebuilt in the early 13th century ...
The Church of St John the Baptist was Medieval in origin. It was extensively repaired in the Imperial period, with various additions. The church is situated 100m south of Wolvey Bridge.
2 Possible Neolithic/Bronze Age ring ditch shows on aerial photographs.
3 A very slight trace of a possible mound in this location exists. This is of uncertain diameter and not more ...
The site of a possible ring ditch of Neolithic or Bronze Age date. It is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. The site is located 400m north of Smockington Lane.