Information for record number MWA1016:
Medieval or Post Medieval burial

Summary The site of burials of uncertain date. A Medieval/Post Medieval weapon which was also found at the site, may have been associated with the burials. The location is on Temple Hill, south of the Welcombe Hotel.
What Is It?  
Type: Burial, Inhumation
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Stratford upon Avon
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 20 56
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 In 1792 labourers found on the summit of Temple Hill, some 0.3m below the surface, many human bones including a whole skeleton with a small piece of iron weapon in the skull. A few days later an 'ancient weapon' was found (PRN 5160).
2 The weapon is 15th to 17th century and is therefore unlikely to have any bearing on the mound as an artificial feature.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Gents Magazine
Author/originator: Jordan J
Date: 1794
Page Number: 505-6
Volume/Sheet: 64:1
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: OS Card 25NW3
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1966
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 25NW3
   
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source OS Card Ordnance Survey Record Card. Before the 1970s the Ordnance Survey (OS) were responsible for recording archaeological monuments during mapping exercises. This helped the Ordnance Survey to decide which monuments to publish on maps. During these exercises the details of the monuments were written down on record cards. Copies of some of the cards are kept at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. The responsibility for recording archaeological monuments later passed to the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments. back
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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period Post Medieval About 1540 AD to 1750 AD (the 16th century AD to the 18th century AD)

The Post Medieval period comes after the medieval period and before the Imperial period.

This period covers the second half of the reign of the Tudors (1485 – 1603), the reign of the Stuarts (1603 – 1702) and the beginning of the reign of the Hannoverians (1714 – 1836).
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monument HOTEL * A large building used for the accommodation of paying travellers and guests. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument INHUMATION * An interment of unburnt, articulated human remains. Use specific type where known. back
monument FEATURE * Areas of indeterminate function. back
monument MAGAZINE * A building in which a supply of arms, ammunition and provisions for an army is stored. 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 MOUND * A natural or artificial elevation of earth or stones, such as the earth heaped upon a grave. Use more specific type where known. back
monument TEMPLE * Use for places of worship. For later landscape features use, eg. GARDEN TEMPLE. back

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