Information for record number MWA3693:
Site of Possible Roman Settlement at Lodge Clump

Summary The site of a possible settlement dating to the Roman period where earthwork banks once stood. Finds of Roman pottery nearby suggest that it may be a Roman site. It is located 700m north of Chesterton.
What Is It?  
Type: Settlement
Period: Romano-British (43 AD - 409 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Chesterton and Kingston
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 35 59
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 A clump of trees about 100 yards square and surrounded by banks (PRN 794) was cut down in 1956 and ploughed so that the banks were level. The enclosure may be Civil War or Roman in date. A surface inspection demonstrated that the field beyond the confines of the clump contained Romano British pot (mostly grey wares, a few fragments of black burnished and Samian of 2nd century date). The distribution is limited to the gravel capping of the hill top where the clump stood. No Roman pottery was found within the clump.
2 A bag of Roman grey wares is in Warwick Museum.
3 The former earthworks were very unlikely to be Roman and do not have the form of a Civil war defensive earthwork.
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Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: TBAS vol 74
Author/originator: Webster G
Date: 1956
Page Number: 62
Volume/Sheet: 74
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title:
Author/originator: WM
Date:
Page Number: A2
Volume/Sheet: Accession Card
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Pers. Comm.
Author/originator: B Gethin
Date: 2013 onwards
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source TBAS Transactions of the Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society is a journal produced by the society annually. It contains articles about archaeological field work that has taken place in Birmingham and Warwickshire in previous years. Copies of the journal are kept by the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
technique Earthwork Earthworks can take the form of banks, ditches and mounds. They are usually created for a specific purpose. A bank, for example, might be the remains of a boundary between two or more fields. Some earthworks may be all that remains of a collapsed building, for example, the grassed-over remains of building foundations.

In the winter, when the sun is lower in the sky than during the other seasons, earthworks have larger shadows. From the air, archaeologists are able to see the patterns of the earthworks more easily. Earthworks can sometimes be confusing when viewed at ground level, but from above, the general plan is much clearer.

Archaeologists often carry out an aerial survey or an earthwork survey to help them understand the lumps and bumps they can see on the ground.
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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 YARD * A paved area, generally found at the back of a house. back
monument CIVIL * This is the top term for the class. See CIVIL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument SETTLEMENT * A small concentration of dwellings. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. 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 ENCLOSURE * An area of land enclosed by a boundary ditch, bank, wall, palisade or other similar barrier. Use specific type where known. back
monument SQUARE * An open space or area, usually square in plan, in a town or city, enclosed by residential and/or commercial buildings, frequently containing a garden or laid out with trees. back
monument EARTHWORK * A bank or mound of earth used as a rampart or fortification. back

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