Land to the west of Southam Road, Radford Semele, Warwickshire

proposed housing development on land to the west of Southam Road, Radford
Semele, Warwickshire on the 24th and 25th November 2016. The evaluation, which
comprised seven trenches, formed a 4% sample of the 1.0ha site. The trenching
followed a desk-based assessment and geophysical survey, neither of which had
identified any archaeological features within the site.
The main identified potential was for medieval archaeological evidence, as the site
lies in close proximity to the historic core of Radford Semele, including the medieval
parish church of St Nicholas. The early 17th century manor house, Radford Hall, lies
immediately east of the application site and is likely to have been the site of the
medieval manor house. The traces of a shrunken medieval settlement lie to the
south of the church.
No archaeological features or artefacts were recorded in any of the trenches, and
the site appears to have no potential for significant archaeological discoveries.