1 The excavation of trial trenches at Abbey Works, Bleachfield Street, Alcester recorded a number of features associated with Roman occupation of the site including a hearth with metalworking slag, ...
A road, hearth, metalworking slag, pits, postholes, gullies, beam slots, ditches,a well, and foundations of stone buildings were recorded during evaluation and subsequent excavation at the former Abbey Works, Bleachfield Street, Alcester. Finds included: pottery, amphora, bone, metal objects including jewellery and glass.
1 To the west of Bleachfield Street. Clay floors with post holes having a 2.1m spacing were found together with dry stone walling. Below this were traces of C1 ...
During an excavation to the west of Bleachfield Street, Alcester, the remains of a Roman building were found.
1 Site E, the S most plot of Bleachfield Street Allotments, was brought to notice by the poverty of the crops on a broad strip running obliquely across the plot. ...
The remains of a Roman building were found at the Bleachfield Street Allotments, Alcester, during an excavation.
1 A group of 16 inhumations was found to the NE of Icknield St during observation of a pipe trench. The burials were 0.2-1.3m beneath ground surface in red ...
A cemetery of medieval date which may have been associated with Boteler's Castle, Alcester, which lies 200m to the west.
1 1140 Ralph le Boteler of Oversley founded a Benedictine abbey. The site was encompassed by the River Arrow to N and E and by a connecting moat to S ...
The site of Alcester Abbey, a Medieval monastery and moat. Some of the abbey buildings, including the Chapter House, have been excavated. Other parts of the abbey, including the claustral buildings, are visible as earthworks. The site is located north of School Road, Alcester.
1 Just E of Icknield St, SW corner of field. Many horseshoes found here, possibly site of a Medieval or later smithy.
2 Noted.
Findspot - a large number of horseshoes, possibly of Medieval or Post Medieval date, were found to the east of Icknield Street, Alcester.
1 An archaeological evaluation at Acorn House, Evesham Street, Alcester within the southern suburb of the Roman town found extensive, well preserved Roman deposits just below the modern garden soil. ...
An archaeological evaluation at Acorn House, Evesham Street, Alcester within the southern suburb of the Roman town found extensive, well preserved Roman deposits just below the modern garden soil. Pottery analysis suggests that the main occupation phase was mid-1st - early 2nd-century AD.
1 A small U-sectioned feature, 2m wide and 1.5m deep (N section), 1.7m wide and 1.2m deep (S section) and lying NW/SE. It was cut through from a cobbled layer ...
The site of a deserted settlement of Medieval date within the outer enclosure of Boteler's Castle, suggested by earthworks and a scatter of pottery sherds. Evidence suggests that it was abandoned by the mid thirteenth century. The site lies 200m east of Oversley Castle.
1 In 1086 Fulk held the manor of Oversley, but it later passed to Ralph de Boteler, who probably built a castle there making it his principal seat. ...
The site of Boteler's Castle, a Medieval motte and bailey castle, which has been partially excavated. The site lies 700m south east of Arrow.
1 1976: An area of 11m by 17m was excavated in advance of redevelopment. 1m of Post Medieval deposit sealed the site. The latest feature on the site was a ...
The remains of several Medieval buildings were excavated in Bleachfield Street, Alcester. The buildings were indicated by post holes, walls and hearths.
1 Excavations of the N part of the site previously excavated in 1969 (PRN 500) in 1972-3. The earliest features were sleeper-beam trenches forming a right angle. The whole area ...
Several Roman buildings were excavated in Bleachfield Street, Alcester. They were indicated by post holes, timber slots, cobbled surfaces and drains. Roman pottery, animal bone and the finger of a bronze statue were also found during the excavation.
1 1975: Excavation of Medieval features including pits and an alignment of stone packed post holes and a stone-lined cistern, but no structures seemed to be represented.
Medieval features, including pits, post holes and a stone-lined cistern, were excavated at a site in Stratford Road, Alcester.
1 This field has now been developed as a housing estate. A series of walls were plotted, late C1 and early C2 pits were cut into, and many interesting finds ...
Evidence for several buildings and pits of Roman date was found during an excavation to the west of Augustus Drive, Alcester.
1 1970: Construction of a flood barrier to the E of Bleachfield Street resulted in an area c152m by 9 to 24m being stripped. An area about 9m square was ...
The remains of a series of timber and stone buildings of Roman date were found during an excavation. A road and a ditch were also found. The site was located to the east of Bleachfield Street, Alcester.
1 Small trial excavations in 1982 (AL8) in advance of factory/warehouse development established the presence of Roman gravel surfaces, probably C1 or C2 in date, a possible beam slot and ...
During an excavation features were excavated that were suggestive of the remains of Roman buildings. The site was situated on Stratford Road, Alcester.
1 Trial excavations in advance of infill housing development. The ancient topsoil had been removed in order to lay a gravel surface. This was followed by a drainage or boundary ...
The remains of Roman buildings and a ditch were found during excavations on Evesham Street, Alcester. Roman coins were recovered from the site.
1 An area of 77 sq metres was excavated. The area appeared to have been ploughed, probably well into the Roman period. A number of small (?) post holes and ...
During an excavation post holes, ditches and buildings of Roman date were found. The site was located on Tibbets Close, Alcester.
1 An excavation, 6m by 6m in area, in advance of a new house, found Romano British occupation of the C1 to the end of the C2, the earliest phase ...
The remains of Roman buildings, a road and ditches were found during an excavation on Bleachfield Street, Alcester.
120 Ryknild Street which runs north from the Fosse Way at Bourton on the Water may have been an advanced section of the frontier line supposedly represented by the Fosse ...
Roman Road.
1 Mahany Birch Abbey Site A. Boundary ditch, rubbish pits etc. Site no 29.
2 A timber leather-working factory and a large pit containing leather offcuts, to the S of the ...
Evidence for Roman buildings and a pit was found during an excavation. The site was located in the area of Orchard Drive, Alcester.
1 Mahany’s Birch Abbey Site C. ?Timber buildings, boundary ditches, etc. Site no 31.
Evidence for the remains of Roman buildings and ditches was found during an excavation. The site was located in the area of Bleachfield Street, Alcester.
1 Mahany’s Site F. Double palisaded enclosure. Site no 34.
2 A double parallelogram structure of C1 date, and a bridge over the N ditch of the E-W road (PRN 451). ...
The remains of a series of Roman buildings and a bridge were found during an excavation. The site was located on Chantry Crescent, Alcester.
1 Excavation in 1956-8 in the field W of Birch Abbey – a complicated series of post holes, slots and gullies, cut into the levelled natural clay and associated with ...
The remains of post holes and a wall, found during an excavation, suggest that a building existed on this site during the Roman period. A Roman ditch was also found. Finds included pottery and evidence for metal working. The site was located on Chantry Crescent.
1 Numerous Roman coins and signs of foundations, site no 18.
Various finds dating to the Roman period and the possible remains of building foundations were found in the area of Chantry Crescent, Alcester.