Information for record number MWA3820:
Pottery find and suggested site of hillfort

Summary One sherd of pottery dating to between the Iron Age and Medieval periods has been found. It has also been suggested this is the site of a hillfort, from place name evidence. It is located 750m south east of the church in Little Compton.
What Is It?  
Type: Hillfort, Findspot, Findspot
Period: Medieval - Romano-British (1066 AD - 409 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Little Compton
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 26 30
(Data represented on this map shows the current selected record as a single point, this is for illustrative purposes only and does not represent an accurate or complete representation of archaeological sites or features)
Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 One sherd of Romano British or Medieval pottery found at Oldbury. This was entered on the Museum accession register but no grid reference was given. It is assumed that the find spot was one of the two fields called Aubrey in Little Compton.
2 W.J.Ford in his thesis suggests - ?on place name evidence - that this is the site of a hill fort.
3 Since both 1st Aubrey and 2nd Aubrey are overlooked by higher ground on two sides a hillfort is less likely than some other fortified camp. An old watercourse runs through the middle of 1st Aubrey and ridge and furrow runs in different directions on each side of it.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: The Pattern of Settlement in the Central Region of the Warwickshire Avon
Author/originator: Ford W J
Date: 1973
Page Number: 39 & fig 22
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: The Place-Names of Warwickshire (EPNS)
Author/originator: Mawer, A. and Stenton, F.M. (eds)
Date: 1936
Page Number: 83
Volume/Sheet: Warwicks
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Foster P W
Date: 1984
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 3820
   
Images:  
There are no images associated with this record.  
back to top

Glossary

 
Word or Phrase
Description  
source EPNS The Journal of the English Place-Name Society. The English Place-Name Society was founded in 1923 to carry out a survey of English place-names. Its journal contains reports as well as articles about place-names or specific place-name studies, book reviews and bibliographies. The journal is published annually. Individual volumes also exist for most counties; that for Warwickshire was published in 1936. 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
period Iron Age About 800 BC to 43 AD

The Iron Age comes after the Bronze Age and before the Roman period. It is a time when people developed the skills and knowledge to work and use iron, hence the name ‘Iron Age’ which is given to this period. Iron is a much tougher and more durable metal than bronze but it also requires more skill to make objects from it. People continued to use bronze during this period.
more -> 		back
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.
more -> 		back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument SETTLEMENT * A small concentration of dwellings. back
monument WATERCOURSE * A channel used for or formed by the conveyance of water. Can be natural, eg. a river or artificial eg. an aqueduct. Use more specific type where known. back
monument RIDGE AND FURROW * A series of long, raised ridges separated by ditches used to prepare the ground for arable cultivation. This was a technique, characteristic of the medieval period. back
monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument FORT * A permanently occupied position or building designed primarily for defence. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. 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 HILLFORT * A hilltop enclosure bounded by one or more substantial banks, ramparts and ditches. Use more specific type where known. back
monument FORD * A shallow place in a river or other stretch of water, where people, animals and vehicles may cross. back

* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)

English Heritage National Monuments Record