Information for record number MWA2246:
Findspot - Roman bronze military cart fitting

Summary Find spot - a Roman military cart fitting was found in Tibbets Close, Alcester.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Romano-British (43 AD - 409 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Alcester
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 09 57
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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1 Roman military cart fitting found in the driveway of a house in Tibbets Close, Alcester, and which is probably not in its original context. The upper part (40 mm) of a bronze mount is preserved. An eagle's head, with a pellet held in the beak, surmounts a heptagonal socket. The socket is broken. The object belongs to a well-known type of military cart fitting.
3 The find was found at the above grid reference in the gravel of the drive of a house. It is possible that the gravel came from Bourton-on-the-Water rather than Alcester.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Drawing
Title: RB fitting, Alcester.
Author/originator: Booth, P.M.
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Volume/Sheet: Alcester
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Descriptive Text
Title: RB cart fitting found in Alcester
Author/originator: Booth, P.M.
Date:
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Volume/Sheet: Alcester
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: RB findspot, Alcester
Author/originator: Cracknell S
Date: 1988
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Glossary

 
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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 HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument DRIVE * A road/carriage way giving access from the main road to the house, stables. back
monument WELL * A shaft or pit dug in the ground over a supply of spring-water. back

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