Information for record number MWA3153:
Site of Saxon Cemetery 600m NW of Top Farm, Marton

Summary The site of an Anglo Saxon cemetery dating to the Migration or Early Medieval period. Cremation urns containing fragments of human bone were found. Finds included brooches, part of a sword blade and two spearheads. The site is located to the south of Marton.
What Is It?  
Type: Cemetery
Period: Anglo-Saxon (410 AD - 1065 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Marton
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 41 68
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 Very similar to
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2 Remains exhumed about two years ago at Marton in cutting through an artificial hill or tumulus, on which stood a windmill (PRN 3157), for the formation of the Rugby and Leamington Railway. Bloxam was unable to examine this work, but thought that there were several sepulchral urns. Bloxam had two of equal size and shape, and a third, about half the size, was deposited in the Museum at Warwick. These urns are plain and of plain globular form. With the urns, which contained fragments of bones, were found other items, including two iron spearheads, part of a possible sword blade, a circular bronze fibula and the pin of a larger fibula.
3 Remains of an iron sword, part of a shield boss, three annular bronze brooches, one large bronze pin and a saucer brooch which lay on top of the bones in one of the urns. Bloxam also had two spearheads from the site. Catalogue numbers A245, A246, A1528-A1532, A1621, A1652-3.
7 Mentioned in gazetteer.
8 Drawing.
9 Record card.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: WNHAS
Author/originator: Bloxam M H
Date: 1851
Page Number: 7
Volume/Sheet: 16
   
Source No: 7
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Gazetteer of Early Anglo Saxon Burials
Author/originator: Meaney A
Date: 1964
Page Number: 217
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Associated Architectural Societies Reports and Papers
Author/originator: Bloxam M H
Date: 1851
Page Number: 227-231
Volume/Sheet: 1
   
Source No: 4
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: Bibliographic reference
Title: Arch J
Author/originator: Burgess T
Date: 1876
Page Number: 376-7
Volume/Sheet: 33
   
Source No: 8
Source Type: Drawing
Title: Marton brooch
Author/originator: University College London
Date: 1956
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 9
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: Saxon cemetery
Author/originator: Usher, H.
Date: 1976
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Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title:
Author/originator: WM
Date:
Page Number: A2
Volume/Sheet: Accession Card
   
Source No: 6
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: OS Card 25NE6
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1968
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
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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 OS Card Ordnance Survey Record Card. Before the 1970s the Ordnance Survey (OS) were responsible for recording archaeological monuments during mapping exercises. This helped the Ordnance Survey to decide which monuments to publish on maps. During these exercises the details of the monuments were written down on record cards. Copies of some of the cards are kept at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. The responsibility for recording archaeological monuments later passed to the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments. 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 CREMATION * A funeral rite in which the human body is burnt, usually on a pyre, leaving fragmentary charred or completely combusted remains. Often found buried, occasionally in a container associated with grave goods. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument WINDMILL * A tower-like structure of wood or brick with a wooden cap and sails which are driven around by the wind producing power to work the internal machinery. Use with product type where known. back
monument URN * A garden ornament, usually of stone or metal, designed in the the form of a vase used to receive the ashes of the dead. 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 CEMETERY * An area of ground, set apart for the burial of the dead. 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
monument RAILWAY * A line or track consisting of iron or steel rails, on which passenger carriages or goods wagons are moved, usually by a locomotive engine. back

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