1 Various air photographs.
2 Possible Saxon palace site of 2-3 ha in extent on the S end of a spur overlooking the Avon. Two charters of 781 exist. Information on ...
Linear features are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. Subsequent excavation and radiocarbon dating have confirmed that this is an Anglo Saxon settlement, possibly a palace, dating to the Migration period. It is situated 500m north east of Boscobel.
1 The site lies on Baginton-Lillington gravels. A salvage excavation was mounted in 1970 in advance of gravel extraction. Most of the features excavated appear to have been Iron Age ...
The site of an Anglo Saxon settlement dating to the Migration or Early Medieval period. The settlement was discovered during an archaeological excavation. It was situated 500m south of Brandon Wood.
1 A flat-based pit was recorded during strip, map and sample excavation at Middleton, measuring 2.7m by 2.65m, with three stakeholes within this pit. It was interpreted as a sunken-featured ...
A flat-based pit was recorded during strip, map and sample excavation at Middleton; it was interpreted as a sunken-featured building of likely Anglo-Saxon date, although the chronology of the feature was not clear.
1 To the north of Area A, a sunken-featured building was located adjacent to the edge of the river terrace during the watching brief. It survived as two distinct ...
Sunken Feature Building dating to the Migration period discovered during excavations prior to the construction of the Barford Bypass
1 Excavation 1968-70 produced 53 inhumations with grave goods of late Roman/early Saxon date.
2 1968: A Saxon cemetery and settlement found in sand digging. 22 skeletons have been excavated ...
A settlement and complete cemetery of early Saxon date was discovered during excavation. 45 skeletons were revealed, a further 6 were thought to have been destroyed by sand extraction. The cemetery was situated to the west of Stretton on Fosse.
1 Probably the more likely location of Dodda’s Ford, mentioned in a charter of AD 985. At this point a routeway crossed the Avon to run towards Hampton Lucy.
The possible site of a ford. It is mentioned as Dodda's Ford in a 10th century charter. The ford was situated on the eastern edge of Alverston.
1 During field evaluation in advance of road-building, Trench 5 cut a large hollow with two postholes along its edge which contained pottery & other finds consistent with the site ...
The site of a Saxon settlement dating to the Migration period. Three possible grubenhauser were discovered during an excavation. Finds from the site included pottery, loom weights and animal bone. The location of the site is 600m northwest of Broom.
1 A Saxon grubenhaus was observed in the section (III) of a gravel pit which extends from the castle to the church. Inside the hut dirty sand seems to have ...
The site of an Anglo Saxon settlement dating to the Migration period. The remains of a sunken hut were found during an excavation. Fragments of pottery were found in a pit inside the hut. The site is located in the area of Baginton Castle.
