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 Archaeological evaluation revealed the reoccupation of the site (following the site’s abandonment to cultivation in the late medieval period), in the course of the expansion of the town in ...
Features reflecting the 19th century housing developments along Dugdale Street and Chapel Street, as depicted on the 1887 OS map, were recorded at The Ropewalk, Chapel Street, Nuneaton.
1 The possible extent of the medieval settlement of Nuneaton based on the OS map of 1888, 11SW.
2 Domesday has two entries for Nuneaton in Coleshill Hundred. The Phillimore edition ...
The possible extent of the medieval settlement at Nuneaton based on the Ordnance Survey map of 1888 and known archaeological features.
1 Parts of two amphorae found during the digging of a post hole. A small excavation was undertaken resulting in the discovery of part of a timber building with a ...
Excavations took place within the Roman Fort at Mancetter. Post holes were recorded suggesting that buildings had stood at this site. Various finds were recovered including pottery and coins. The site was located west of Quarry Lane, Mancetter.
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 1983: Small trench excavated to locate a trackway (PRN 4468) revealed pits and a ditch. To the S was a more extensive series of pits. Two of the pits ...
An area of Roman settlement at Tiddington excavated in 1983. Features identified included pits and a corn drying kiln. The site lies to the north east of the National Farmers' Insurance Union building.
1 A number of small gullies and oval pits of unknown date were recorded within the limits of an earthwork site believed to be an Iron Age hillfort. The former ...
A number of small gullies and oval pits of unknown date were recorded within the limits of an earthwork site believed to be an Iron Age hillfort.
1 A cobbled floor and yard surface of closely-set rounded pebbles of unknown date was revealed beneath the modern gravel surface. Two postholes were recorded on the line of the ...
Post-medieval and later features associated with the shelter shed at The Coach House
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 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 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 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 1982-3: Excavation in advance of redevelopment. Earliest occupation was in the form of ditches defining enclosures of various sizes, also concentrations of post holes and hearths indicating houses. The ...
The site of a Roman settlement excavated in 1982/3 in advance of development. Evidence of domestic activity was found from the 1st century to the mid 3rd. The site lies to the north of the Tiddington Road.
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 Excavation in 1956-8: to the W of Ryknield Street was a cobbled area bounded by shallow ditches and post holes; associated pottery ranged from the late C1 to C3, ...
Post holes, ditches and a cobbled surface all of Roman date suggest that this was the site of a building. Roman pottery was also recovered from the site, which was located to the east of Roman Way.
1 1984. An area 9m x 10m was excavated prior to the construction of a house. A number of features belonged to the early Roman fort sequence. These included at ...
A defensive ditch and features that suggest buildings stood on this site in the Roman period, and were recorded during an excavation. The site lies 50m west of Quarry Lane, Mancetter.
1 1970: Four palisade trenches ran N-S at the W end of the excavation. Two of these cut an Anglo Saxon grave and the most W contained early Medieval pottery. ...
The site of an Early Medieval settlement. Archaeological work has identified evidence of a palisade, a burial, and enclosures. Pottery was found in one of the palisade trenches. The location is to the northeast of the Alveston Manor Hotel.
1 1976: An area of 11 x 17m was excavated in advance of redevelopment. 1m of Post Medieval material sealed the site. Medieval buildings (PRN 5490) impinged on the latest ...
The remains of Roman buildings were excavated to the west of Bleachfield Street, Alcester. Roman coins were also found at this site.
1 The inter-cutting pits may have been quarry pits due to their irregular shape, or even one very irregular shaped pit. Environmental evidence and animal bone evidencewas obtained from the ...
A series of intercutting Romano-British pits, postholes and a cess pit were excavated. Some may have been quarry pits. Environmental information was gathered from the pits.
1 Settlement features from the 1st/2nd centuries AD were found. A later 4th century ditch also contained stone which may have come from a building.
Four pits and a post hole dating from the late 1st or 2nd century were found. One pit was cut by a 4th century ditch. Possible building stone was also found. The site forms part of the Romano-British settlement of Tiddington.
1 Two sub-oval pits or posthole features were recorded during archaeological work at the former Police Station, Priory Road, Alcester. They were Roman in date. The presence of large stones ...
Two sub-oval pits or postholes were recorded during archaeological work at the former Police Station, Priory Road, Alcester. They were Roman in date, and probably relate to a series of timber buildings previously identified across this area.
1 A rubbish pit containing pottery wasters from the 13th/14th century, indicates the presence of a kiln in the area at that time. Other excavations which took place ...
Rubbish pit sealed with 13th/14th century pottery wasters, indicating the presence of a kiln in the vicinity. Post holes, contemporary with the kiln, could be from workshops associated with the pottery manufacture. The site lies under Market Street, Warwick.