1 A quantity of Romano British sherds, including both coarse and Samian sherds, collected by members of University of Warwick Extra-Mural class from ploughed land adjacent to Billesley deserted Medieval ...
The possible site of a Roman settlement suggested by a large scatter of Roman pottery. The site lies 100m east of the church at Billesley.
1 Portable Antiquities Scheme find provenance information:
Date found: 2006-04-18T23:00:00Z
Methods of discovery: Metal detector
2 Further information on the find of this early medieval cast copper alloy amulter, and the interpretation of ...
A cast copper alloy early medieval amulet, with runic inscriptions on both faces was reported by a metal detectorist from Billesley. The runic inscription may be composed in Latin, not Anglo-Saxon, suggesting a Christian association and hence a date after c.1000 AD.
1 A single flint flake found during fieldwalking.
Findspot - a single Prehistoric flint flake was found 200m north of Red Hill.
1 A flint hammerstone, not datable, found during fieldwalking.
Findspot - a Prehistoric flint hammerstone was found 200m north of Red Hill.
1 Fieldwalking revealed a dense scatter of pottery and three coins covering an area of c.1.5ha, extending north of the Roman road. The pottery would seem to indicate occupation ...
A large area of pottery dating to the Roman period was discovered whilst field walking. It probably indicates the site of a Roman settlement, possibly a rural farmstead. The pottery was found 500m west of Scotland Wood, Billesley. The agricultural settlement was subsequently evaluated and excavated, revealing a series of stone buildings, associated with at least two corndriers.