Information for record number MWA12458:
Human remains found to the North of St. Nicholas' Churchyard, Kenilworth

Summary A site visit was made in November 2005 in response to a report of human remains in the foundation trench for a replacement rear extension on a site adjacent to St. Nicholas' Churchyard. A human tibia and fibula were recovered, possibly from an articulated medieval or post-medieval burial in a layer below an extensive relating to a 19th-century privy.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot, Burial?
Period: Medieval - Post-Medieval (1066 AD - 1750 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Kenilworth
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 28 72
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1A site visit was made in November 2005 in response to a report of human remains in the foundation trench for a replacement rear extension on a site adjacent to St. Nicholas' Churchyard. A human tibia and fibula were recovered, possibly from an articulated medieval or post-medieval burial in a layer below an extensive relating to a 19th-century privy.
2 Watching brief report.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Serial
Title: West Midlands Archaeology vol 48
Author/originator: S Watt (ed.)
Date: 2005
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Watching Brief Report
Title: Watching Brief at 25 High Street, Kenilworth, Warwickshire
Author/originator: I Greig
Date: 2005
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Glossary

 
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period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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monument LAYER * An archaeological unit of soil in a horizontal plane which may seal features or be cut through by other features. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument TRENCH * An excavation used as a means of concealment, protection or both. back
monument CHURCHYARD * An area of ground belonging to a church, often used as a burial ground. back
monument BURIAL * An interment of human or animal remains. Use specific type where known. If component use with wider site type. Use FUNERARY SITE for optimum retrieval in searches. back
monument HUMAN REMAINS * The unarticulated remains of the body of a human being. If articulated use inhumation. back

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