Information for record number MWA2319:
Possible site of Roman Settlement N of Lower Brailes

Summary Findspot - a large number of pottery sherds were found 600m north of Lower Brailes suggesting that this might be the site of a Roman settlement.
What Is It?  
Type: Settlement, Findspot
Period: Romano-British (43 AD - 409 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Brailes
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 31 39
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 During the autumn of 1966, a large number of potsherds were picked up in ploughed fields. In April 1967 an extensive search of fields was conducted and the spread of sherd and tile fragments plotted.
2 Excavation of three trenches between 1968 and 1970 uncovered occupation layers containing a large quantity of RB pottery including Samain ware, bronze items including brooches, glassware, a spindle whorl, animal bones and two human mandibles.
3 Finds in Warwick Museum include 76 pieces of Roman pottery.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Excavation Report
Title: A Romano British Settlement at Brailes
Author/originator: Blunt, Barry
Date: c. 1973
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title:
Author/originator: WM
Date:
Page Number: A2
Volume/Sheet: Accession Card
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Brailes
Author/originator: Lewis G T
Date: 1967
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Glossary

 
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technique excavation Archaeologists excavate sites so that they can find information and recover archaeological materials before they are destroyed by erosion, construction or changes in land-use.

Depending on how complicated and widespread the archaeological deposits are, excavation can be done by hand or with heavy machinery. Archaeologists may excavate a site in a number of ways; either by open area excavation, by digging a test pit or a trial trench.
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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 SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument SETTLEMENT * A small concentration of dwellings. back
monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument MUSEUM * A building, group of buildings or space within a building, where objects of value such as works of art, antiquities, scientific specimens, or other artefacts are housed and displayed. back
monument TRENCH * An excavation used as a means of concealment, protection or both. back
monument OCCUPATION LAYER * A layer of remains left by a single culture, from which the culture can be dated or identified. back

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