Information for record number MWA3881:
Findspot - Roman brooches

Summary Find spot - two brooches of Roman date were found to the east of Bleachfield 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 08 56
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 Two brooches. Large and clumsy examples of a fairly rare type. The two really distinctive features are a 'plate' on either side of the head of the brooch which is only visible from the side and masks the junction of the bow with the wings. Another feature is the knob on the foot. The spring arrangement is as in the Polden Hill type, that is, the spring held in position by an axis pin passing through pierced plates at the ends of the wings and ths coils of the spring.
3 A card from the old SMR records that these were found in 1954 in the region of Blacklands at the S end of Bleachfield Street, near the above grid reference.
4 Reference
3 requires checking.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Drawing
Title: RB brooches, Alcester
Author/originator: Mackreth D
Date: 1963
Page Number: Fig 1
Volume/Sheet: 81
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Serial
Title: TBAS vol 81
Author/originator: Mackreth D
Date: 1963
Page Number: 140-1
Volume/Sheet: 81
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Thomson D J
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 4402
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: R.C. Hingley personal comments
Author/originator: R C Hingley
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Glossary

 
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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
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 FEATURE * Areas of indeterminate function. back
monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument BLEACHFIELD * Large field or yard used to lay fabrics out ready for bleaching. back
monument SPRING * A point where water issues naturally from the rock or soil onto the ground or into a body of surface water. back

* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)

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