Information for record number MWA220:
Site of Poss Roman Settlement 200m SE of Bramcote Hall

Summary The site of a possible settlement dating to the Roman period is situated 300m southeast of Bramcote Hall.
What Is It?  
Type: Settlement
Period: Late Bronze Age - Romano-British (1200 BC - 409 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Polesworth
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SK 27 04
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 1953: Animal bones, pot boilers, Roman pottery and piles found in a marsh. The dating given to this pottery was purely tentative. The pottery and most of the other finds are with Birmingham University. These finds were made on marshy ground, apparently when the course of a stream was being diverted recently. The area is being 'bulldozed' and cleared generally, ready for cultivation. An insufficient examination of the site or of the miscellaneous finds had so far been made for an accurate assessment to be attempted concerning the nature of this site.
2 Dating revised to between the Late Bronze Age and the Romano British periods.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: OS Card 19SE11
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1953
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 19SE11
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Aggregates Assessment
Author/originator: Stuart Palmer
Date: 2006
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Glossary

 
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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
period Bronze Age About 2500 BC to 700 BC

The Bronze Age comes after the Neolithic period and before the Iron Age.

The day to day life of people in the Bronze Age probably changed little from how their ancestors had lived during the Neolithic period. They still lived in farmsteads, growing crops and rearing animals.

During the Bronze Age people discovered how to use bronze, an alloy of tin and copper (hence the name that has given to this era). They used it to make their tools and other objects, although they continued to use flint and a range of organic materials as well. A range of bronze axes, palstaves and spears has been found in Warwickshire.
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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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monument UNIVERSITY * A group of colleges and associated buildings belonging to a university. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument SETTLEMENT * A small concentration of dwellings. back
monument PILE * Component: Use wider site type where known. back
monument MARSH * A low lying area of land that is usually waterlogged at all times and is flooded in wet weather. back
monument STREAM * A natural flow or current of water issuing from a source. back

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