Information for record number MWA3680:
Possible Roman Settlement 100m E of Church

Summary The possible site of a Roman settlement suggested by a large scatter of Roman pottery. The site lies 100m east of the church at Billesley.
What Is It?  
Type: Settlement, Findspot
Period: Romano-British (43 AD - 409 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Billesley
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 14 56
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 A quantity of Romano British sherds, including both coarse and Samian sherds, collected by members of University of Warwick Extra-Mural class from ploughed land adjacent to Billesley deserted Medieval settlement.
2 Finds may indicate Romano British settlement and include 81 probable Roman sherds including Severn Valley ware, Oxfordshire colour-coated, one sherd of Samian and a 'Belgic' sherd.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Billesley
Author/originator: Hingley R C
Date:
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Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Serial
Title: WMA vol 28
Author/originator: Hooke D
Date: 1985
Page Number: 56
Volume/Sheet: 28
   
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Glossary

 
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source WMA West Midlands Archaeology. This publication contains a short description for each of the sites where archaeological work has taken place in the previous year. It covers Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire. Some of these descriptions include photographs, plans and drawings of the sites and/or the finds that have been discovered. The publication is produced by the Council For British Archaeology (CBA) West Midlands and is published annually. Copies are held at 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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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 UNIVERSITY * A group of colleges and associated buildings belonging to a university. back
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 CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument MURAL * A picture or pattern produced by either by cementing together small pieces of stone or glass of various colours or by painting directly onto a wall. back

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