Kenilworth. St Mary's Abbey guest house
St Mary's Abbey guest house, Kenilworth. 1920s
Kenilworth. St Mary's Abbey, carved masonry
Carved masonry from St Mary's Abbey excavation, Kenilworth. 1920s
Kenilworth. St Mary's Abbey, floor tiles
Floor tiles from St Mary's Abbey excavation, Kenilworth. 1920s
Kenilworth. St Mary's Abbey, floor tiles
Floor tiles from St Mary's Abbey excavation, Kenilworth. 1920s
Kenilworth. St Mary's Abbey, stone coffin
Stone coffin from St Mary's Abbey excavation, Kenilworth. 1920s
Kenilworth. St Mary's Abbey, stone coffin
Stone coffin from St Mary's Abbey excavation, Kenilworth. 1920s
Key
A Romano-British iron key, from Coventry, with a heart shaped head.
Knife
A Bronze Age, bronze rapier knife. It is long with a rounded point.
Lamp
A Roman lamp excavated from Austin Friars, London, in 1911. The lamp is a drop shape with a hole at the top and a spout. It is made of beige clay with micaceous specs. There are traces of gilding and ...
Lillington. ' Fossilised' bone
A fine vertebra of an iron age horse found in the Lillington and Leamington Brickyard Company's clay pit in 10 feet of virgin clay. It was found by the foreman of the brickyard. 1939
Long Bead Necklace
A necklace of amber, glass and paste beads. Some of the paste beads are decorated with a stylised eye pattern.
6th Century A.D.
450mm drop
1922/23 excavations (Grave 35)
Metal Bowl
The remains of a large bronze bowl. The metal bears marks of a woven textile and deposits of decayed leather.
6th Century A.D.
140mm x 230mm diameter
1922/23 excavations (Grave 21)
Miniature bucket pendant
An individual miniature bucket pendant. Each one was made of three pieces of bronze.
AD 410 - AD 600
Mortarium
A Roman mortarium (mixing bowl) from Pan Rock, Whitstable. It is circular with a deep flange and is made of beige clay with a gritted interior. The maker's name is stamped on either side of the spout. ...
Mug
Mug
c.1700
A thrown, grey stoneware, salt glazed mug. The vessel has straight sides, with three incised lines at the base and one at the lip. There is brown speckling on the lip and handle. The mug ...
Nails - Roman
A selection of hundreds of nails found on Roman sites. They vary in size from the large one which is 160mm to the smallest which is 30mm.
The two with flattened heads are probably from a coffin
Necklace - Amber Beads and two Roman coins
A necklace composed of fifty-five minute glass beads with larger glass, paste and amber beads, with two bronze coins. The coins are very worn and indecipherable, but may be Roman.
6th Century A.D.
105mm ...
Necklace - Amber, Limestone and Glass Beads
A twenty-two bead string necklace composed of pieces of amber, tubular and spherical blue, glass beads, a worn coin and a central chalk pendant.This was found in the same grave as the bone netting needle.
6th ...