1 Flint scraper. Found at Manor Farm at the above grid reference.
Findspot - a flint tool, a scraper, of Neolithic or Bronze Age date was found 200m west of the church at Stoneleigh.
1 One pebble macehead fragment from the above grid reference.
2 Dating confirmed as Mesolithic.
Findspot - a fragment of a stone macehead, possibly of Mesolithic date, was found 400m west of Cloud Bridge.
1 Part of a terra sigillata bowl (Samian) from New Era Farm at the above grid reference. It was found during work on the site by the Severn Trent Water ...
Findspot - fragments of pottery from a Roman bowl were found 100m south of Kings Hill Lane.
1 A silver coin of the Dobunni was found in Motslowhill Spinney. Whereabouts of find not known.
2 No traces of occupation found on ground when site was visited.
3 This is ...
Findspot - an Iron Age coin was found 100m north west of Motslowhill Spinney.
1 A possible perforated hammerstone described as “a stone egg with a hole through it”; the hole ran from end to end. Findspot location is not known.
Findspot - a hammerstone, dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age period, was found 500m west of Gibbet Hill.
1 Finds of worked flint over a period of several years at Crackley, one mile S of Gibbet Hill. In 1949 a microlith, a broken blade, a pot-boiler and other ...
Findspot - various flint objects dating to the Mesolithic period were found to the north of Kenilworth.
1 A flake found at the old deerpark.
Findspot - a flint artefact of Neolithic or Bronze Age date was found in the area of Stoneleigh.
1 Four worked flint flakes, ?Neolithic, from Gibbet Hill at the above grid reference.
2 Flint leaf-shaped arrowhead, scrapers, flakes. Found at Gibbet Hill at the above grid reference and now ...
Findspot - several flint artefacts of Neolithic or Bronze Age date, including a leaf-shaped arrowhead, were found 200m south west of Baginton Castle.
1 A flat round scraper and ten flakes. Found in a field 640m ESE of Westley Bridge and Gibbet Hill road.
Findspot - flint artefacts of Neolithic or Bronze Age date, including a scraper, were found 1km north west of Stoneleigh.
1 The Abbey of Radmore was transferred to Stoneleigh in 1154-5. The foundation stone of the church of the new Cistercian Abbey was laid in 1155. In 1241 the monastery ...
The site of Stoneleigh Abbey, a Cistercian monastery that was founded during the Medieval period. Few traces of the abbey buildings survive above the ground except for the gatehouse. The site is located southwest of The National Agricultural Centre.
1 The S aisle of the conventual church partly survives in the N side of the present house. The semicircular arch at the E end was apparently between the aisle ...
Stoneleigh Abbey Church was built during the Medieval period. The church no longer exists in its own right but parts of if have been incorporated into a house that was on the same site. It is located to the east of the abbey remains.
1 A scatter of Romano British grey wares and two timber beam slots were found during excavation on the E bank of Finham Brook, at Manor Fields Farm. The bottom ...
Two Roman timber beam slots and fragments of pottery were found during an excavation. A V-shaped ditch of unknown date was also found. The features suggest that this might be the site of a Roman settlement. It was located 1km north west of Stoneleigh.
1 Hill Farm, Finham. Neolithic/Bronze Age tumulus. This ploughed-out mound was found to be outside the land take of the Kenilworth Bypass. A drainage trench in 1932 produced a Bronze ...
The site of a possible round barrow, a mound of earth usually built to conceal a burial. The barrow probably would have dated to the Bronze Age. The site lies 200m west of Finham Green.
Possible site of a Medieval moat.
1 An estate map from 1766 calls this field ‘Moat Close’.
2 This was not accessible during a site visit in 1983 so it was impossible ...
The site of a moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building. It is marked on an Estate Map of 1766 but might date back to the Medieval period. The site is located 800m northwest of Wainbody Wood, Stoneleigh.
Earthworks of Medieval fishponds.
1 Fishponds marked.
2 Fishponds marked.
3 1979: An area of ground around the old stew ponds was cleared. The intention was to clear the two ponds and possibly ...
Medieval fishponds used for the breeding and storing of fish, probably connected with the Medieval Abbey of Stoneleigh. There is documentary evidence for them from the 18th century. They are situated 1km southwest of the present Abbey.
1 There is a slide of a Medieval drain at the County Museum.
2 This area is now covered by agricultural buildings at the NAC and no traces remain.
The site of a Medieval drain. It was situated 500m north of Brick Kiln Spinney but the area has now been built upon.
1 Stareton is shown as populated on Dugdale’s map and is in the approximate position of the modern village.
2 An estate map from 1597 shows about 17 houses around Stareton ...
The possible site of an area of Medieval deserted settlement at Stareton. Some house platforms are visible as earthworks. The settlement lies in the area of Stareton.
1 At Fynham anciently were twelve houses, of which eight were gone before the reign of Henry VII. There are here four houses and a mill.
2 Finham Park marked at ...
Documentary evidence suggests that the site of a Medieval deserted settlement lies 500m south east of Finham Bridge.
1 Fieldwork revealed a previously unrecorded deserted Medieval village site which lay immediately W of the Bypass route. House platforms are visible on either side of the present lane. Excavation ...
The site of King's Hill Medieval deserted settlement. A trackway, house platforms and an area of ridge and furrow cultivation are visible as earthworks. The settlement has been partially excavated. The site is located 400m south west of Finham Green.
1 Probably a ‘petty village’. It is recorded by Rous at the start of Henry VII’s reign as having been depopulated. There is one farm house.
2 Poor archaeology (C), period ...
The possible site of the Medieval deserted settlement of Milburn. A series of earthworks may represent the remains of the settlement. The site is located in the area either side of Milburn viaduct.
1 APs.
2 Linear crop mark shows on aerial photographs. This possibly forms part of an enclosure, but this is uncertain.
3 As part of an archaeological assessment of Warwick University lands ...
A linear feature of unknown date that is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. It is situated 500m north east of Whitefield Coppice.
2 Two parallel linear cropmarks show on aerial photographs. It is uncertain whether this is a trackway or a linear bank.
Two linear features of unknown date are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. They are situated 600m south east of Whitefield Coppice.
2 Undated earthworks, possibly farming enclosures, show on aerial photographs.
The site of several enclosures of unknown date which are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. They are located 900m west of Roughknowles Wood.
3 A number of enclosures, probably representing buildings, show on air photographs, reference 1. An army camp is shown in this location on air photograph reference 2 and the crop ...
Several enclosures are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. They probably represent the remains of modern buildings. The site is located to the west of Tantara Lodge.