Information for record number MWA12513:
Medieval settlement features, 22 Coton End, Warwick

Summary A number of cut features and a wall, indicating Medieval burgage plot boundaries, together with evidence of back-plot activity, were recorded during evaluation at Coten End.
What Is It?  
Type: Settlement, Burgage Plot, Beam Slot, Pit
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Warwick
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 28 65
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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1 A number of cut features and a wall, indicating Medieval burgage plot boundaries, together with evidence of back-plot activity, were recorded during evaluation at Coten End. Two northwest-southeast aligned ditches, a single gully or beam slot and pit all represent activity from the 12th-14th centuries.The ditches may have served to divide burgage plots extending back at right angles from the Medieval street frontage. The other features may be evidence of backplot activities.There is an apparent hiatus in activity in the 15th century; backplot activity appears to have resumed in the 16th-18th century.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Watching Brief Report
Title: Land at 22 Coton End, Warwick: an archaeological watching brief
Author/originator: S Hepburn
Date: 2009
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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 SETTLEMENT * A small concentration of dwellings. back
monument FEATURE * Areas of indeterminate function. back
monument BEAM SLOT * A trench dug to contain a sill beam, a horizontal timber beam used as a foundation for the wall of a building. Use wider site type where known. back
monument GULLY * A deep gutter, drain or sink. back
monument PIT * A hole or cavity in the ground, either natural or the result of excavation. Use more specific type where known. back
monument DITCH * A long and narrow hollow or trench dug in the ground, often used to carry water though it may be dry for much of the year. back
monument BURGAGE PLOT * A plot of land longer than it is wide, can include any structures on it. Typical of medieval towns. back
monument WALL * An enclosing structure composed of bricks, stones or similar materials, laid in courses. Use specific type where known. back

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