1 This restored building originally dating to the early 18th century consists of a regular two storeyed range with attics. The southern end has a modern extension in a sympathetic ...
Crab Mill House, a cider mill which dates back to the Post Medieval period. It is located 250m south of the church, Illmington.
1 A small earthwork with perfectly square-cut corners of uncertain date and function. The monument is about 34m square and covered in rough grass. The banks stand about 0.6m ...
The possible site of a Post Medieval gun battery which was used during the English Civil War. The remains of the battery are visible as an earthwork. The site is located 200m east of Nebsworth Coppice, Lark Stoke.
1 A fishpond complex centred at the above grid reference.
3 1976: An exploratory excavation confirmed the existence of a moat under one of the ponds (PRN 5305).
Medieval fishponds used for the breeding and storage of fish. They are visible as earthworks and part excavation has shown that a moat lies beneath one of the ponds. They are situated 100m north east of the church at Ilmington.
1 Roman sherds have been observed after ploughing but none have been kept.
2 Eight Roman sherds brought in to the Museum for identification. This small group appears primarily to be ...
Findspot - fragments of Roman pottery were found 500m north of Foxcote village.
1 A charter of AD757 records land at Tredington and mentions the ‘Brocnanbyrh’ (Broken Barrow). The evidence suggests that it was on the W boundary, somewhere ENE of Berry Field ...
The possible site of a Neolithic long barrow, an elongated mound of earth which usually conceal human burials. The long barrow was situated to the south east of Crimscote Downs.
1 Foxcote is a large 18th century house. Attached to it is a chapel used for two centuries by the Roman Catholics of the district until the construction of the ...
A Roman Catholic chapel dating to the Post Medieval period. This was the private chapel attached to Foxcote House. It is located 500m south west of Windmill Hill Plantation.
1 Rous: For the greater part destroyed. Dugdale: Long depopulated. There are possible ‘house pits’ (?) in the photograph, N of the house, but it and its grounds are extensive ...
The site of the Medieval deserted settlement of Foxcote. It is known from documentary evidence and is located 500m south west of Windmill Hill Plantations.
1 Reported find of a Neolithic hand-axe on Windmill Hill.
2 The present whereabouts of the axe is not known.
Findspot - a Neolithic handaxe was found on Windmill Hill
1 In 1867 a Catholic school was built on the Upper Green. It was a solid stone building and served until 1931 when it was closed as a school, and ...
A Roman Catholic Church dating to the Imperial period. It was originally built as a school but was converted to a church in the 20th century. It is located in Grump Street, Illmington.
1 Three sherds of Roman Severn Valley Ware were recovered from this field during observation of pipe line construction. No archaeological features were noticed or other occupation debris recovered.
Findspot - fragments of Roman pottery were found 300m south of Ley's Coppice.
1 Rous records a population of 53, but the settlement had been depopulated by his day. He cites a chapel as destroyed (PRN 5309). Dugdale does not mention the existence ...
The site of the Medieval deserted settlement Compton Scorpion. Aerial photographs show earthworks of enclosures, hollow ways and house platforms. The settlement is located to the south of Windmill Hill.
1 One of the long barrows is in Chilcroft orchard at the N end of the present village. This is now almost obliterated.
2 Possible long barrow.
3 Investigations showed this to ...
Mound, previously thought to be a Long Barrow, however investigations showed this to be a recent refuse and manure dump.
1 A small earthwork with perfectly square-cut corners of uncertain date and function. The monument is about 34m square and covered in rough grass. The banks stand about 0.6m ...
The possible site of a Roman farmstead, which is visible as an earthwork. The site is located 200m east of Nebsworth Coppice, Lark Stoke.
1 A small earthwork with perfectly square-cut corners of uncertain date and function. The monument is about 34m square and covered in rough grass. The banks stand about 0.6m ...
The site of a possible Medieval moated site. The enclosure and ditch survive as an earthwork. The site is located 200m east of Nebsworth Coppice, Lark Stoke.
1 Foxcote House marked on OS Map.
2 Foxcote is an early 18th century mansion of two storeys and attics in stone. It is divided into five bays by Roman Doric ...
Duplicate of WA7548
1 Roman pottery, greyware and Samian ware were brought into the Museum for identification.
A Roman occupation site inferred from the assemblage of Roman pottery found at this location, 100m southwest of Stoke hill Coppice.
1 An assemblage of flint, including two scrapers and eight flakes.
An assemblage of Neolithic flint found on Ilmington Downs.
1 The site of quarrying activity identified during a site visit.
The site of quarrying activity which is located immediately east of Stoke Wood. It possibly dates from the post medieval period.
1 The site of quarrying activity identified during a site visit.
The site of quarrying activity. Linear earthworks survive on the ground, and are visible on an aerial photograph. The site lies to the north of Nebsworth Coppice.
1 A partially robbed drystone wall identified during a site visit.
The remains of a drystone wall indentified during a site visit and situated 300m east of Stoke Wood. The stone has been partially robbed. It may date from the post medieval period.
1 The findspot of a small scatter of animal bone and post medieval pottery in a ploughed area identified during a site visit.
A small scatter of post medieval pottery and animal bone identified in a ploughed area during a site visit. The findspot is located 200m southeast of Betty's Coppice.
1 A mound of clearance stones around a tree observed during a site visit.
A clearance mound identified during a site visit. It is situated 100m southeast of Betty's Coppice.
1 Find of five flint artefacts in 1995 at SP192425. The method of recovery was not recorded.
Findspot of flint artefacts on Ilmington Downs
1 1976: An exploratory excavation confirmed the existence of a moat under one of the ponds. Two trenches were dug; Trench 1 through the inner bank of the moat and ...
The site of a Medieval moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building, which lies under a fishpond. Part excavation has uncovered some Medieval occupation debris, and the site remains visible as an earthwork. It is situated to the north of St Mary's Church, Ilmington.