Information for record number MWA2230:
Findspot - Imperial Pottery

Summary Findspot - an earthenware pot dating to the Imperial period was found 300m west of Burnt Firs.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 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

 
Source Number  

1 An earthenware pot was found at the crossroads (Fosse/Welsh Road?) at a depth of 2 feet.
 
Sources

Source No: 1
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Glew J
Date: 1982
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 2230
   
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Glossary

 
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source SMR Card Sites and Monuments Record Card. The Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record began to be developed during the 1970s. The details of individual archaeological sites and findspots were written on record cards. These record cards were used until the 1990s, when their details were entered on to a computerised system. The record cards are still kept at the office of the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument CROSSROADS * A road junction where two (or occasionally more) roads cross each other. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back

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