1 1961: Excavation either side of the Fosse Way exposed the cobbled foundations of the N gate and two periods of town defences. A clay rampart 9m wide was protected ...
An archaeological excavation on either side of the Fosse Way exposed the cobbled foundations of the north gatehouse and evidence of two periods of occupation associated with Chesterton Roman Camp.
1 1928: A shallow trench was cut just S of the crest of the N embankment of the ‘camp’. This revealed traces of the rampart.
2 Plan.
3 1954-5. A section was ...
The site of the defences of the Roman fort at Mancetter, which were excavated in 1927, 1954-56.
1 In July 1966 earth-moving equipment was noted at Chesterton Camp and it was discovered that the farmer had received permission from MPBW to plough the site.
2 Ten weeks were ...
The archaeological excavation of the north west corner of the Roman Camp at Chesterton. The remains of a rampart and ditch were found. These were followed in the first half of the fourth century by a stone wall, ditches and counterscarp.
1 To the east of the WW2 airfield and aeroplane factory a group of huts visible on aerial photographs were mapped as part of the English Heritage ...
To the east of the WW2 airfield and aeroplane factory a group of huts are visible on aerial photographs.
1 The remains of a searchlight battery complete with ancillary buildings which can be seen on aerial photographs were mapped as part of the English Heritage National Mapping Project. ...
The remains of a searchlight battery complete with ancillary buildings can be seen on aerial photographs
1 A group of 12 hut bases, 7 standing structures and an emergency water supply tank, indicating the presence of a WW2 camp, mapped as part of the English Heritage ...
A group of hut bases and other structures located on the junction of the A423 and A445 roads indicate the presence of a WW2 camp.
1 The fortification of Warwick was complicated by the building of a town wall, possibly placed near Ethelfleda’s rampart (PRN 2191). The earth rampart was located during excavation in 1964. ...
Warwick defences, consisting of a Town Wall and Ditch. Documentary evidence has suggested the line for the Medieval Defences, which has been subject to excavation; in places it survives a a rock-cut ditch with eroded bedrock backfill.
One of the best-known features of the little church of St Milburga in the scattered hamlet of Wixford near Alcester, is the enormous yew tree outside the south porch. In ...
1 A three runway bomber airfield opened June 1942 as a satellite to RAF Chipping Warden but soon transferred to RAF Wellesbourne Mountford. Major facilities included: two 1400 yard (1.28Km) ...
RAF Gaydon was a Second World War bomber airfield. It opened in 1942 as a satellite airfield to RAF Chipping Warden and later to RAF Wellesbourne Mountford. It is located 1.5km north of Chadshunt church.
This vegetable gardenĀ in the Murray School grounds was started as part of the boys’ studies and continued during the First World War as part of the local effort to help ...
1 Drill hall on Lancaster Road marked on 1923 map.
The site of a drill hall which was used for training military personnel towards the end of the Imperial period (between 1910 and 1914). It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1923. It was situated on Lancaster Road, Rugby.
Woodlands School
When I was three, I went to the Woodlands School. I can still remember the big red tubular rocking horse there. We used to line up for a glass ...
I have very hazy memories of the camp. I was born there in the early 1950s, and my parents must have moved in only a little while earlier. Mum always ...
James Clarke Caswall was 17 when he entered service as a midshipman on HMS Orlando in August 1863. The Orlando was a huge, steam-powered, wooden warship, with three masts and ...
1 Drill hall marked on 1904 map.
The site of a drill hall which was in use during the Imperial period. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1904. It is situated on Adelaide Road.