Information for record number MWA4576:
Possible Quarry to S of Highdown Farm

Summary A possible quarry of unknown date is situated 300m south east of Highdown Hill Plantation. Sherds of Roman pottery were also found in this location.
What Is It?  
Type: Quarry
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Bishops Tachbrook
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 33 60
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 No site identified. Soil/ crop marks and contours indicate a quarry. Two fragments of Roman pottery could indicate Roman cultivation. Also fragments of modern pottery, tile, worked flint, clay pipe and iron objects.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Quarry, Bishops Tachbrook
Author/originator: Fowler R
Date: 1984
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period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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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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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument PLANTATION * A group of planted trees or shrubs, generally of uniform age and of a single species. back
monument QUARRY * An excavation from which stone for building and other functions, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc. back

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