Information for record number MWA3479:
Site of Possible Roman Settlement 1 km W of Church

Summary Findspot - fragments of Roman pottery from jugs, a lamp and a cinerary urn were found 1km south west of Little Lawford, suggesting that this might be the site of a Roman settlement.
What Is It?  
Type: Settlement
Period: Romano-British (43 AD - 409 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Long Lawford
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 46 76
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 Excavation of a small gravel pit in 1873 revealed the neck of a Roman jug. In 1874 in the same pit was found a small Roman vessel of red-glazed ware, 5 and a half inches in diameter at the bottom, 4" at the top and 3" high. They were identified by Bloxam as a praefericulum, used for funerary libations and a lamp of unusual design. Further Excavation revealed a patch of black soil 1.8m deep and 1.2m wide. Several bits of dark brown pottery were found and also the side of a red coloured vessel with a pattern of a double row of white spots. Also a rim fragment from a cinerary urn of rough brown ware. The burnt black earth began at 18" below the surface. A workman on the site recalled that many such patches had existed but had been destroyed.
2 Traces of Roman occupation discovered some few years ago. These consisted of pottery including one complete red unglazed ?lamp.
3 Potsherds, including an odd-shaped vessel of Samian ware 2" high found on the south side of the Avon in (Long) Lawford.
5 The '?lamp' is actually an inkwell.
6 There is no definite evidence to indicate that this site was a cemetery, a settlement seems more probable.
7 Illustration.
 
Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 1, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Doubleday H A & Page W (eds)
Date: 1904
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Volume/Sheet: 1
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: RSNHS
Author/originator: Bloxam M
Date: 1884
Page Number: 7
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 7
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: RSNHS
Author/originator: Kerr C
Date: 1875
Page Number: 82, pl 6
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: RSNHS
Author/originator: Knowles L
Date: 1874
Page Number: 35-7
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Source No: 4
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: OS Card 57NW18
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1956
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 57NW18
   
Source No: 5
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: PMB
Date: 1985
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 4488
   
Source No: 6
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: R.C.Hingley personal comment
Author/originator: Hingley R C
Date: 1989
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Volume/Sheet:
   
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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
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
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 CINERARY URN * Urn containing a cremation. Where component use with wider site type. back
monument PIT * A hole or cavity in the ground, either natural or the result of excavation. Use more specific type where known. back
monument GRAVEL PIT * A steep-sided pit formed by, and for, the extraction of gravel. back
monument CEMETERY * An area of ground, set apart for the burial of the dead. back
monument ROW * A row of buildings built during different periods, as opposed to a TERRACE. back

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