Land at Bottrill Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire Phase I redevelopment

During May and June 1999, the oxford Archaeological Unit (OAU) undertook a watching brief at land off Bottrill Road, Nuneaton, Warwickshire (NGR SP35609210). The watching brief was undertaken in the course of contractor's excavations of footings for new buildings on the site of a former factory. The development site lies within the limits of the medieval Fontrevaultine Priory of St. Mary. The excavation of the building plots at the west part of the site did not reveal any features, structures or finds that may have been associated with the medieval buildings. It seems probable that given the homogenous nature of the soils here, the construction of the factory has removed any potential for archaeology of this period. The only structures revealed were brick walls with concrete foundations that date to the factoryphase of the site. No signtficant archaeological features or finds were observed during this phase of the watching brief