Information for record number MWA13466:
Roman Building, East of Bleachfield Street, Alcester

Summary Two separate wall foundations were recorded during observation of topsoil stripping associated with Alcester Flood Bank.
What Is It?  
Type: Building
Period: Romano-British (43 AD - 409 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Alcester
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 09 57
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Level of Protection Local
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1 Two separate wall foundations were recorded during observation of topsoil stripping associated with Alcester Flood Bank. They probably relate to the same building. The walls appeared not to be mortared and may have consisted solely of soil-bonded limestone blocks with ocassional pieces of sandstone. It possibly had a timber-framed superstructure. This may have formed a 2nd century building, fronting on to the road which runs across this area (MWA446).
2 This structure lies immediately adjacent to timber and stone Roman buildings encountered during observation of the original construction of the flood bank in 1973. Material encountered in this 2006 observation included a quantity of freshly broken pottery and ocassional fragments of painted wall plaster. This came from a large area of rubble originally interpreted as a destroyed post-medieval agricultural building. However, it may well represent rubble from a Romano-British building which has been reused as a hard surface for the footings and yard of an animal pen.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Archaeological Report
Title: Archaeological observation of the Alcester Flood Alleviation Scheme, Area 1: Oversley Bridge and Area 3A South of Stratford Road, Alcester
Author/originator: Gethin, B & Thompson, P
Date: 2006
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 0651
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Personal communication - Bryn Gethin
Author/originator: Gethin B
Date: 2011 onwards
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
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period Roman About 43 AD to 409 AD (the 1st century AD to the 5th century AD)

The Roman period comes after the Iron Age and before the Saxon period.

The Roman period in Britain began in 43 AD when a Roman commander called Aulus Plautius invaded the south coast, near Kent. There were a series of skirmishes with the native Britons, who were defeated. In the months that followed, more Roman troops arrived and slowly moved westwards and northwards.
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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 YARD * A paved area, generally found at the back of a house. back
monument HARD * A firm beach or foreshore used for landing and loading of ships and other vessels. In more recent times hards have been reinforced with concrete. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument AGRICULTURAL BUILDING * A building used for an agricultural and/or subsistence purpose. Use more specific type where known. back
monument WELL * A shaft or pit dug in the ground over a supply of spring-water. back
monument PEN * A small enclosure for cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, etc. Use more specific type where known. back
monument BRIDGE * A structure of wood, stone, iron, brick or concrete, etc, with one or more intervals under it to span a river or other space. Use specific type where known. back
monument STRUCTURE * A construction of unknown function, either extant or implied by archaeological evidence. If known, use more specific type. 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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