1 1972: Excavation before development. Five trial holes cut by the developers revealed two wells. Well A was cut into bedrock and was unlined. Well B was Post Medieval (PRN ...
Wells, pits, post holes and ovens of Medieval date were discovered during an archaeological excavation. The finds included fragments of pottery and a bronze ring. The site is at the junction of Swan Street and High Street, Warwick.
1 An ‘Old Stone Pit’ is marked on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map.
The site of a quarry dating to the Imperial period is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886 as 'Old Stone Pit'. It was located 1.2km north east of Walcot.
1 An ‘Old Stone Pit’ is marked on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map.
The site of a quarry dating to the Imperial period is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886 as 'Old Stone Pit'. It was located 600m north east of Walcot.
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 This site shows a large deep pit which seems to be man made. It may well have been a quarry, although there is no evidence for this from ...
The possible site of a quarry of unknown date. It is visible as a large pit. The site is located 500m west of Wolston.
1 Pits appear on 1887 25″ OS map.
2 Three pits in a copse with possible undefined earthworks and evidence of quarrying. All pits are flooded and overgrown.
Several pits are marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1887 and probably represent a quarry. The quarry would have been in use during the Imperial period and possibly earlier. It was situated 1km north west of Frankton.
1 A little close adjoining the farmhouse on the N, and containing about 1.25 ha, the surface of which is very irregular, excavations for gravel having been made intermittently over ...
The site of a Roman settlement. The settlement may include a cemetery. A burial was found during an excavation. The boundary of the north west corner of the settlement is marked by a bank visible as an earthwork. The site is located 1km south west of Shawell.
12 1966: The site had been much disturbed by Post Medieval buildings and drains and no trace was found of Medieval or earlier buildings. A series of seven large pits, ...
The site of several Medieval pits which were discovered during an excavation. The pits contained fragments of pottery and two coins
1 Excavations undertaken between 1980 and 1985 in advance of gravel extraction. Two ring ditches were examined in Field 3. The first was in the NW corner of the field ...
Ring ditches, which were visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs, were excavated in advance of gravel extraction. They were dated to the Bronze Age. Flint flakes and tools were recovered. The site is to the south west of Wasperton.
1 A Roman settlement excavated between 1980 and 1985 in advance of gravel extraction. This was concentrated in a band which ran across the centre of Field 1. Other features ...
Excavation discovered the site of a Roman settlement which was identified from enclosures, pits, ditches and a possible building. Ten ovens and two wells were uncovered. Roman pottery was also discovered. The site is located south of Wasperton.
1 1968: Excavation of area including at least three Medieval house plots. Four ovens were set well back from the street front. A series of cess and rubbish pits yielded ...
Excavation of Medieval house plots uncovered traces of timber buildings, pits, ovens and 11th and 12th century pottery. The site was at Brook Street, Warwick.
1 Two Medieval pits – a cesspit and a gravel pit – also a well-preserved stone drying oven consisting of a firing pit from which a well-constructed stone flue led ...
Two Medieval pits and an oven were excavated in Bleachfield Street, Alcester. Sherds of Medieval pottery were also found.
1 The Roman town lies at the confluence of the Rivers Alne and Arrow. The site is beside the confluence of the two rivers under the modern town centre and ...
The Roman town of Alcester, originally a fort, which was surrounded by a defensive rampart. The town comprised an industrial zone in the Birch Abbey area, a residential area to the east, and several cemeteries.
1 1965: Excavation produced evidence for four ditched enclosures. Phases 1-3 were only partly uncovered. Phase 3 was a subrectangular enclosure with a gully which probably acted as a bedding ...
An excavation at this site uncovered evidence of ditched enclosures that suggested four phases of occupation. The features showed up on aerial photographs. Features and finds were of probable Neolithic date. The site was 300m north east of Bushey Hill, Barford.
1 A medieval enclosure with several phases of ditches was identified. A single oven was found near the south-west corner. Within the enclosure were a series of ditches, pits and ...
A sequence of medieval enclosure ditches aligned broadly parallel to Gypsy Lane, with a return at the south-west corner to form the southern boundary. A single oven was uncovered near the south-west corner of the enclosure.
1 two quarry pits of 18th-19th century date were found during an evaluation.
Two 18th - 19th century quarry pits.
1 A series of features were identified during evaluation off Church Lane, Middleton. They suggest settlement in the 12th-13th centuries, away from the focus of the original settlement. A large ...
A series of features were identified during evaluation off Church Lane, Middleton. They suggest settlement in the 12th-13th centuries, away from the focus of the original settlement.
1 Archaeological desk-based assessment was carried out as the first stage of modern work at this site, undertaken between 2009 and 2012. The timber-framed building was constructed c. 1483 as ...
The site of New Place, as recorded in documentary sources. Constructed c.1483, it was purchased by Shakespeare in 1597 and he lived there until his death in 1616. The origi nal timber-framed house was pulled down and rebuilt in 1702 in brick, only to be razed to the ground in 1759. The site has been the subsequently of antiquarian, archaeological and literary interest throughout the 19th century.
1 An evaluation in advance of development uncovered a number of Romano British pits and two inhumation burials. A small assemblage of pottery, including most of a large 4th century ...
Site of Romano British domestic activity at 119 Tiddington Road, Stratford on Avon.
Also later burials.
1 During observation of foundations trenches two ditches and a pit were recorded. One residual human bone fragment, one of animal bone and a piece of 2nd/4th century pottery were ...
Two Roman ditches and a pit, containing two bone fragments and a piece of 2nd/4th century pottery, were found during archaeological work. Previous work on the site had recorded 1st-4th century settlement activity, with ditches, interpreted as property boundaries, layers, pits and a possible gravel pit.
1 1st edition map indicates a stone pit in the grounds of Compton Verney House.
A stone pit or quarry is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886, in the grounds of Compton Verney House.
1 The possible extent of the medieval settlement, based on the first edition 6″ map, 43SW 1886.
2 Aerial photographs show patchy survival of ridge and furrow in the parish, with ...
The possible extent of Medieval settlement of Bidford on Avon is suggested by documentary evidence.
Prehistoric features and finds
1 Ongoing excavations at Ling Hall Quarry (1989-1999) have uncovered several features/finds of prehistoric date. A small group of Mesolithic flints represents the earliest human activity ...
Ongoing excavations at Ling Hall Quarry (1989-1999) have uncovered various features of Prehistoric date. These include Mesolithic flints, Bronze Age burial remains, pit alignments and Iron Age hut circle and land holdings. Also pits, post holes, gullies and multi-period finds.