Information for record number MWA1542:
Migration period burial

Summary An Anglo-Saxon burial dating to the Migration period. Two saucer brooches and a buckle were found with the skeleton. The burial was located 500m south west of Aston Cantlow.
What Is It?  
Type: Burial, Findspot, Inhumation
Period: Migration (410 AD - 800 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Aston Cantlow
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 13 59
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 1851: In Mill Field a burial was found on the brow of a hill, about 0.3m below the surface, the head raised somewhat above the feet. The head faced N and the hands seem to have been folded over the breast. Two gilt saucer brooches, one on either shoulder, a buckle lying on the chest, and below it a white stone bead (?a spindle-whorl) were found.
2 The burial was reburied at approximately the same location as it was discovered.
3 Listed in gazetteer of burials.
4 The site is now a caravan park.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 1, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Doubleday H A & Page W (eds)
Date: 1904
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 1
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: PSA
Author/originator:
Date: 1867
Page Number: 424
Volume/Sheet: 2:3
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Gazetteer of E A S B
Author/originator: Meaney
Date: 1964
Page Number: 257
Volume/Sheet: Gazetteer of E A S B
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: OS Card 25NE6
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1968
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
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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
source PSA Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries. The Society of Antiquaries was founded in 1707 and received a Royal Charter in 1751. The aim of the society was to encourage the study of the antiquities and history of Britain and the rest of the world. The Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries is a journal that is published anually. 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 STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. back
monument MILL * A factory used for processing raw materials. Use more specific mill type where known. See also TEXTILE MILL, for more narrow terms. back
monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. 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 CARAVAN PARK * A camping place set aside for the use of caravans. back

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