1 1975: Excavation prior to demolition of stables. In two areas the ground surface was preserved. This consisted of mixed sand and gravel, overlain by fine sand, to a depth ...
A post hole, three stake holes, a flint blade and a waste flake all dating to the Neolithic period were found during an excavation. The site is located on Castle Lane, Warwick.
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 Undated features, including a large ditch, a small pit containing heat-shattered quartzite pebbles, a gully and post hole were recorded during trial trenching in the vicinity of an Early/Middle ...
Undated features, including a large ditch, a small pit containing heat-shattered quartzite pebbles, a gully and post hole were recorded during trial trenching. The site is located between 32 and 46 Old Farm Road, Mancetter.
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 Undated features, including post holes, pits and possible gullies, were recorded during the excavation of a trial trench prior to proposed development. The site was adjacent to a ...
Undated post holes, pits and possible gullies were recorded during the excavation of a trial trench. The site is adjacent to a known Anglo-Saxon cemetery. The site is located at Alveston Manor Hotel, Stratford-upon-Avon.
1 Work started on an unoccupied garden site behind the school house. Results up to date are a complex of small post holes with later pits. Among other pits found ...
Part excavation at this site uncovered evidence of occupation, possibly a Medieval shrunken village. The site is at Baginton, 50m east of the church.
1 Excavated 1972-3. A C-shaped enclosure at the end of the cursus (MWA719) was totally excavated. It was termed the ‘mortuary enclosure’ on typological grounds; there was in fact no ...
The site of a C-shaped enclosure containing pits and post holes. It may have been a Neolithic mortuary enclosure. The site is 1km north east of Bushey Hill, Barford.
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 Romano-British settlement indicated by a sequence of four Romano-British ditches and gullies, a further diagonal gully of the same date and an undated but probable Romano-British small pit or ...
Romano-British settlement indicated by a sequence of four ditches and gullies, a further diagonal gully of the same date, an undated but probable Romano-British small pit or posthole, and pottery finds of Romano-British date.
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 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 Excavation undertaken between 1980 and 1985 in advance of gravel extraction. Settlement 1 was a subsquare enclosure with sides approximately 50m in length and a single entrance central to ...
The site of five settlements dating to the Iron Age were discovered during excavation. Enclosures, ditches, post holes, hearths and pit clusters were found along with an inscribed stone and pieces of antler. The site is located south of Wasperton.
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 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 1970: During the excavation of a Saxon cemetery a number of Bronze Age pits were found scattered over the whole area of the excavation.
2 Noted by Ordnance Survey.
3 Plan ...
A number of Bronze Age pits were found when archaeological work was taking place at Alveston Manor, Stratford-on-Avon.
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 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 1965: Mechanical sections were cut across a group of large pits. Before excavation it had been suggested that they were tree pits. The pits actually appeared to be archaeological ...
An excavation was undertaken where pits were visible on aerial photographs. Ditches, post holes and smaller pits were found. There was no firm dating evidence, but the features may have been Neolithic. The site was 400m east of Bushey Hill, Barford.
1 Small elongated rectangular enclosure with elliptical ends and traces of two entrances, orientated N-S.
2 This is a small cursus type enclosure which was investigated by Mrs P M Christie ...
A rectangular enclosure, ditches and post holes were found during an archaeological excavation. The site has been interpreted as a long barrow, cursus or a mortuary enclosure. The site appears to date to the Neolithic period and is located 1.3km north of Charlecote.
1 The corners of two successive enclosures were recorded during excavation at the former Peugeot Citroen Ryton Plant. The latter probably went out of use in the Romano-British period. An ...
The corners of two successive enclosures were recorded during excavation at the former Peugeot Citroen Ryton Plant. The latter probably went out of use in the Romano-British period. An undated pit and post hole were recorded outside the enclosures.
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 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 Part of an Iron Age settlement comprised at least three subrectangular enclosures and a nearby oval enclosure or ring ditch was recorded during excavation at the former Peugeot Works. ...
An Iron Age settlement comprised of three-sub rectangular enclosures, with a nearby oval enclosure or ring ditch, was recorded during excavation at the former Peugeot Works. All three enclosures contained small pits groups and two enclosures probably contained roundhouses.