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Findspot - Roman bronze object

Summary Find spot - a bronze object of Roman date was found St. Faith Street, Alcester.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Romano-British (43 AD - 409 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Alcester
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 09 57
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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Description

  
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1 Found 1978 in St Faith Street, Alcester. It consists of three circular loops, showing traces of wear, arranged in an inverted triangle. At its centre is a projecting human head. The most common interpretation of this type of object is that it is a martingale.
2 Drawing.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: TBAS vol 90
Author/originator: Webster G
Date: 1980
Page Number: 82-3
Volume/Sheet: 90
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Drawing
Title: RB find from Alcester
Author/originator: Webster G
Date: 1980
Page Number: Fig 4
Volume/Sheet: 90
   
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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
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

* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)

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