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 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 The site of quarrying activity identified during a site visit.
The site of quarrying activity. Linear earthworks survive on the ground, and are visible on an aerial photograph. The site lies to the north of Nebsworth Coppice.
1 Managed woodland containing a series of earthworks including some linear. The earthworks may pre-date the wood. It is bounded on the western and southern sides by a thick holly ...
An area of managed woodland which contains a series of earthworks, and is bounded by a thick holly hedge. It is situated within Birchley Hays Wood.
1 The scene of an anti-enclosure rising in 1607 and landowners were prosecuted in the Star Chamber for enclosure here. It is probable that at this time the portion of ...
The site of the Medieval/Post Medieval shrunken village of Hillmorton. The remains of the village are visible as earthworks, which are situated 100m north of the church.
Site of possible cemetery.
1 Sir William Dugdale, in a letter to Mr Anthony Wood dated 23rd August, 1677, brought to his notice a very recent discovery reported by a late ...
Circumstantial
1 Observation of topsoil stripping in February-March 1994 on behalf of Alfred McAlpine construction Ltd revealed the presence of a Romano-British rural settlement covering c.3.5ha. The settlement consisted of ...
Evidence of a Romano-British Rural Settlement found at Abbots Salford Quarry. The decision was made to exclude the site from extraction and it was subsequently reburied.
1 A mound at SP33077235 is likely to be the Hundred mound of Motslow.
2On modern OS maps this is shown as a quarry.
The site of a mound which is visible as an earthwork. The mound may have been the Post Medieval meeting place of the hundred of Motslow. It is situated 400m south of Stoneleigh.
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.
1 Bronze Age burial mound below Windmill Hill. This mound is besected by a recently widened lorry track but was complete and intact up until about a year ago. This ...
A possible round barrow, an artificial mound of earth used for covering a burial. It probably dates to the Bronze Age and is visible as an earthwork. It is situated 100m north of Windmill Hill Quarry. Alternatively, it has been suggested that it is a spoilheap from quarry activity.
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 A number of important earthworks exist outside the castle. Running in a SE direction for a length of about 137m is an artificial bank thrown across the valley from ...
The site of a dam which was created during the Medieval period to create the water defences at Kenilworth castle known as the Mere, which no longer exists. The earthwork bank is still visible and is situated to the south, west and north of the castle.
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 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 1934: Human remains found in a gravel pit. At the time when Wellstood made his notes 64 skeletons had been discovered in an area roughly 41m by 46m. Most ...
The site of an Anglo Saxon burial site. Archaeological work has uncovered skeletons, cremation burials and hearths. The grave goods included jewellery, vessels and weapons. The cemetery was located to the north east of Alveston Manor Hotel.
1 The large Saxon cemetery, WA1832, post-dated traces of a settlement site. These comprised two sides of a post-built structure, a trapezoidal enclosure and two linear ditches which ran ...
A Roman or Saxon settlement discovered during an excavation. An enclosure, ditches and post holes were among the features that were discovered. The settlement was disturbed by Medieval quarrying. The site is located 450m west of Stretton on Fosse.
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.
2 Possible linear crop marks and possible enclosure show on aerial photographs.
3 The small enclosure is marked as a (?) quarry on a map at the Sern corner of a ...
The site of an enclosure and linear features of unknown date. The features are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. Documentary evidence suggests that the features may be associated with a quarry and field boundaries. The site is located 500m east of Hinckley Road.
2 Possible enclosure, or linear features and two quarry pits, show on air photographs.
A possible enclosure or linear features and two quarry pits are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The features are situated 100m west of Oversley Wood.
1 Earthwork banks and a ditch seen on aerial photographs beside the railway to the north of Brandon Castle were mapped as part of the English Heritage National Mapping ...
Earthwork banks and a ditch can be seen on aerial photographs beside the railway to the north of Brandon Castle.
1 Remains of earthworks on a steep hill called ‘The Mount’, which forms a promontory. The site is by nature strong and commanding. The extant remains consist of a flat-topped ...
The site of Beaudesert Castle which dates to the Medieval period. The castle is a large ringworkwith two probable baileys. The ringwork was eventually surrounded by a stone curtain wall and is known to have contained several stone buildings. It is visible as an earthwork and is known from documentary evidence. It is situated 400m east of Henley in Arden.
1 Brailes was a village whose fields lay open in the traditional Midland pattern until William Brown was granted, in 1485, the offices of bailiff of the lordship and keeper ...
The site of the Medieval shrunken village of Lower Brailes. The site is visible as an earthwork. It is situated 300m south of the church at Lower Brailes.