Information for record number MWA3715:
Findspot - Roman bronze heads

Summary Findspot - two bronze heads of Roman date were found in the area of Combe Fields.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Romano-British (43 AD - 409 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Combe Fields
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 41 80
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Two small bronze heads, cast hollow and filled with lead, presumably part of a steelyard, found at Peter Hall near Combe Abbey and now in Rugby School Museum. Listed under Roman remains.
3 Now in Warwick Museum.
4 Noted by Ordnance Survey.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: RSNHS
Author/originator: Bloxam M H
Date: 1884
Page Number: 6
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 1
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: 3
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title:
Author/originator: WM
Date:
Page Number: A2
Volume/Sheet: Accession Card
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: OS Card 14NE9
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date:
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 14NE9
   
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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
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 HOLLOW * A hollow, concave formation or place, which has sometimes been dug out. back
monument SCHOOL * An establishment in which people, usually children, are taught. back
monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument ABBEY * A religious house governed by an abbot or abbess. Use with narrow terms of DOUBLE HOUSE, MONASTERY or NUNNERY. 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 STEELYARD * Traditionally, dating from the medieval period, this was an area on the north bank of the Thames where the Merchants of the Hanse conducted their business. Now includes a similar establishment in a provincial town. back

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