2 Referring to the mound at Gibbet Hill (PRN 2783), Knowles says that an Anglo Saxon sword found in a wood nearby appears to have been dug up and thrown ...
Findspot - an Anglo Saxon sword, dating to the Migration or Early Medieval period, was found in the area east of Churchover.
1 Finds made by metal detector in 1997: The upper part of a Langton Down brooch. Early Roman. A small part of the spring remains. The remaining part of the ...
Findspot - two Roman-British brooches were found 50m north of Ryehill Spinney, Churchover.
1 Bloxam records a ‘British spearhead of bronze, of late type’ about the year 1825, near the site of Gibbet Hill tumulus (PRN 2783).
3 The OS was unable to located ...
Findspot - a spearhead dating to the Bronze Age was found 100m east of Gibbet Hill.
1 Find of a silver object in 1996. The grid reference was given as the same as E/3777, ie SP51548145. The method of recovery was not recorded.
Stray find of a silver object, of unknown date, just to the east of Ryehill Spinney, Churchover.
1 Lead pig found across the road from Cave’s Inn. This has been loaned to the Rugby Archaeological Society. It is 57.5cm by 15.5cm. It is a typical Roman pig. ...
Findspot - a lead pig of Roman date was found 700m south west of Shawell, within the Roman town of Tripontium.
1 Finds recovered from a pit included a small square bottle of ‘Hauthaways Peerless Gloss’, which was an oil-based shoe polish manufactured in Boston, USA in the early 20th century. ...
Two early 20th century glass bottles. Hauthaways Peerless Gloss (Boston, USA) and Day's Purified Driffied Oils.
1 A fragment of decorated 17th-century slipware, probably from a posset pot, along with fragments of 18th/19th century blackware and a Nottingham brown salt-glazed stoneware lid were recorded during a ...
A fragment of decorated 17th-century slipware, probably from a posset pot, along with fragments of 18th/19th century blackware and a Nottingham brown salt-glazed stoneware lid were recorded during a watching brief in School Street, Churchover.
1 Metal Object reported to the Museum
2 lead seal impression reported to the Museum
3 Iron horse bit and other metal objects reported to the Museum
Findspot - a possible lead seal impression, iron horse bit and other items of Medieval and Post Medieval date were found 500m south west of Bransfield Spinney
1 Anglo Saxon saucer brooch 5th century or 6th century date.
Findspot - an Anglo-Saxon saucer brooch, dating to the Migration period, was found the A5 at Churchover.
1 Archaeological observations at Valley Park, Churchover, in 1997-8 (EWA 3395) recorded a scatter of Roman pottery and a possible tessera considered to be indicative of a possible settlement site. ...
Findspot - a scattery of Roman pottery and a single tessera was found 900m north west of Brownsover. These finds suggest that this is the site of a Roman settlement.
1 A watching brief at Valley Park, Churchover (EWA3395) in 1997 recovered a single flint flake.
Findspot - a single flint flake of Prehistoric date was found 500m north west of Brownsover.
1 A Bronze Age palstave fragment, splayed blade only. The lack of a mid-rib and the flared cutting edge suggest an early Middle Bronze Age date.
2 An illustration ...
Findspot - a fragment of a Bronze Age palstave, a type of axehead, was found 1km north of Brownsover.