Information for record number MWA13135:
Iron Age pit Group at High Cross Quarry, Copston Magna, Warwickshire

Summary A group of Iron Age pits. Domestic materials were deposited in them, including pottery, querns and crop processing waste.
What Is It?  
Type: Pit Cluster
Period: Iron Age (800 BC - 42 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Copston Magna
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 46 88
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Level of Protection Local
Description

  
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1 A group of pits, which were too shallow to have been for storage purposes, were excavated. The majority contained domestic materials including pottery, querns, cremated animal bone, charcoal, crop processing waste and residual flintwork.
2 Interim report on excavation of pit group.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Excavation Report
Title: Archaeological Excavation at High Cross Quarry, Copston Magna, Warwickshire: Area A, Interim Report
Author/originator: Palmer S
Date: 2000
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Report No 0036
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Evaluation Report
Title: An Iron Age Pit Group at High Cross Quarry, Copston Magna, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Palmer S C
Date: 2009
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 0944
   
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Glossary

 
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technique excavation Archaeologists excavate sites so that they can find information and recover archaeological materials before they are destroyed by erosion, construction or changes in land-use.

Depending on how complicated and widespread the archaeological deposits are, excavation can be done by hand or with heavy machinery. Archaeologists may excavate a site in a number of ways; either by open area excavation, by digging a test pit or a trial trench.
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period Iron Age About 800 BC to 43 AD

The Iron Age comes after the Bronze Age and before the Roman period. It is a time when people developed the skills and knowledge to work and use iron, hence the name ‘Iron Age’ which is given to this period. Iron is a much tougher and more durable metal than bronze but it also requires more skill to make objects from it. People continued to use bronze during this period.
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monument HIGH CROSS * A churchyard or memorial cross set on a long shaft. back
monument PIT CLUSTER * A spatially discrete group of pits usually containing artefactual material with little or no accompanying evidence for structural features. 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 QUARRY * An excavation from which stone for building and other functions, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc. back
monument DOMESTIC * This is the top term for the class. See DOMESTIC Class List for narrow terms. back

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