Information for record number MWA3317:
Findspot - Roman coins and bronze objects

Summary Findspot - Roman coins and metal objects were found in silt dredged from the Avon at Tiddington, north west of the Caravan Park.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Romano-British (43 AD - 409 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Stratford upon Avon
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 21 55
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 Finds made in about 1982 with a metal detector. Finds were in silt dredged from the River Avon and include nineteen Roman coins of 1st to 4th century date. These coins remain in the possession of the finder. Also four bronze objects: One 'Polden Hill' type brooch (late 1st , early 2nd century); one 'dolphin type' brooch (late 1st/early 2nd century), and two bronze objects of uncertain date.
2 These finds are exactly at the spot of the probable Roman ford at Tiddington.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Finds from Tiddington
Author/originator: WM
Date: 1985
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: NJP
Date: 1985
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 4678
   
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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 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 FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument DOLPHIN * A cluster of piles for mooring a vessel. back
monument FORD * A shallow place in a river or other stretch of water, where people, animals and vehicles may cross. back
monument CARAVAN PARK * A camping place set aside for the use of caravans. back

* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)

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