Information for record number MWA2222:
Site of Migration Cemetery E of Offchurch

Summary The possible site of a cemetery dating to the Migration or Early Medieval period. Two Anglo Saxon burials were discovered in the 1800s. It was located north of Long Itchington.
What Is It?  
Type: Cemetery, Burial, Inhumation
Period: Anglo-Saxon (410 AD - 1065 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Offchurch
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 37 65
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Graves discovered in digging Gravel at the summit of the hill. Lack of supervision reduced the archaeological value of the discovery. The ordinary shield-boss, knife, spearheads and brooches were found. All of these objects may well have belonged to one or two interments and do not in themselves prove the existence of a cemetery. The brooches consisted of a disc, a square-headed and an unusual example. There were also two cruciform brooches and a few beads of amber and glass paste. A number of third brass coins of the Constantine period also appear to have been found.
3 c1876. Labourers declared that one spearhead was found driven vertically through a body. Burgess is fairly definite that this was a cemetery. None of the finds appear to be now extant.
4 Included in a list.
5 An archaeological evaluation on the site of Old House revealed no evidence for the cemetery.
 
Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Arch J
Author/originator: Burgess T
Date: 1876
Page Number: 381
Volume/Sheet: 33
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Gazetteer of E A S B
Author/originator: Meaney A
Date: 1962
Page Number: 262
Volume/Sheet:
   
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: 5
Source Type: Evaluation Report
Title: Old House, Snowford Hill, Long Itchington, Warwickshire, Archaeological Evaluation and Building Recording
Author/originator: Coutts C, Wright K and Palmer S
Date: 2012
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Report No 1207
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Serial
Title: JBAA
Author/originator:
Date: 1876
Page Number: 464-67
Volume/Sheet: 32
   
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source Arch J The Archaeological Journal is published by the Royal Archaeological Institute. It presents the results of archaeological and architectural survey and fieldwork on sites and monuments of all periods as well as overviews of such work. The journal is published annually. back
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 HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. 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 INHUMATION * An interment of unburnt, articulated human remains. Use specific type where known. back
monument GRAVE * A place of burial. 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 CEMETERY * An area of ground, set apart for the burial of the dead. back
monument SQUARE * An open space or area, usually square in plan, in a town or city, enclosed by residential and/or commercial buildings, frequently containing a garden or laid out with trees. 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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