Information for record number MWA2745:
Possible Roman burial

Summary The site of a burial, possibly of Roman date. It was found 150m east of the dimantled tramway.
What Is It?  
Type: Burial, Inhumation
Period: Romano-British (43 AD - 409 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Tredington
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 22 44
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Romano British site and burial.
2 This was an excavation conducted by Stratford schoolboys which recovered Romano British pot and a burial thought to be Romano British. Reports of slabbed floors must be treated with scepticism as this is the most likely to have been natural bedrock, which is very close to the surface at this point. Pottery is under MWA5310.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: WM
Author/originator: Ford, W.J.
Date:
Page Number: 24
Volume/Sheet: Consultancy Map
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Unpublished document
Author/originator: Gardiner P
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
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source WM Warwickshire Museum Aerial Photograph Collection. A collection of oblique and vertical aerial photographs and taken by various organisations and individuals, including the Royal Airforce, The Potato Board, Warwickshire Museum. The collection is held at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
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 INHUMATION * An interment of unburnt, articulated human remains. Use specific type where known. back
monument FLOOR * A layer of stone, brick or boards, etc, on which people tread. Use broader site type where known. back
monument TRAMWAY * A track inlaid into a surface, on which tram cars run for the conveyance of passengers and/or goods or raw materials. 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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