Information for record number MWA1641:
Anglo-Saxon Burial & finds

Summary The possible site of an Anglo-Saxon burial dating to the Migration or Early Medieval period. Various finds from the site included spearheads and a knife. The site is located in the area of Tomlow.
What Is It?  
Type: Burial, Findspot
Period: Anglo-Saxon (410 AD - 1065 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Stockton
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 45 63
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 "..adjoining Bascote...Saxon spearheads, a javelin or two, and a knife, were found when quarrying for limestone. These relics have passed into the hands of Miss Mathews of Ashby de la Zouch."
2 Bascote, an inhumation uncovered at the same time as the Anglo Saxon artefacts.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: A gazetteer of Early Anglo Saxon Burial Sites
Author/originator: Meaney A
Date: 1964
Page Number: 257
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Serial
Title: JBAA
Author/originator: Burgess J T
Date: 1876
Page Number: 465
Volume/Sheet: 32
   
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source JBAA The Journal of the British Archaeological Association. The British Archaeological Association was set up in 1843 to promotes the study of archaeology, art and architecture. Their journal contains papers about research on art, archaeology, architecture and antiquities of Roman to Post Medieval date. It is published anually. 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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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 FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. 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

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