Information for record number MWA183:
Findspot - Roman coin hoard from Alvecote Wood, Shuttington

Summary Findspot - a coin hoard, a group of coins deposited together. This hoard comprised bronze coins dating to the Roman period. They were discovered in Alvecote Wood, 1km south of Alvecote.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Romano-British (43 AD - 409 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Shuttington
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SK 24 03
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 1871: Urn containing c800 'small bronze coins', found in the same area as other hoards (PRN 181, 182) and a few of the coins were given to the Tamworth Natural History Society.
2 Finds now lost.
3 A hoard of 130 copper-bronze coins found at Alvecote, reported to have been found "300 SSE of the priory".
4 158 bronze coins to A.D. 348.
 
Sources
Source No: 4
Source Type: Article in serial
Title: Britannia: Roman Britain in 1993
Author/originator: B C Burnham, L J F Keppie, A S Esmonde Cleary, M W C Hassall and R S O Tomlin
Date: 1994
Page Number: 245-314
Volume/Sheet: 25
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: North Warwicks Survey
Author/originator: Molyneux N
Date: 1977
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Correspondence
Title: Putative RB coin hoard from Alvecote
Author/originator: Wardle C
Date: 1992
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Descriptive Text
Title: Tamworth Natural History Society
Author/originator:
Date: 1871-8
Page Number: 29, 50, 64
Volume/Sheet: 1
   
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Glossary

 
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source Britannia Britannia, the journal of the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies which contains articles about the archaeology of Roman Britain. It is published annually and copies are held at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
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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monument URN * A garden ornament, usually of stone or metal, designed in the the form of a vase used to receive the ashes of the dead. back
monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument PRIORY * A monastery governed by a prior or prioress. Use with narrow terms of DOUBLE HOUSE, FRIARY, MONASTERY or NUNNERY. back
monument WOOD * A tract of land with trees, sometimes acting as a boundary or barrier, usually smaller and less wild than a forest. back

* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)

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