Information for record number MWA472:
Findspot - Roman cremation and coin hoard, Alcester.

Summary Findspot - a Roman cremation and a Roman coin hoard were found in Butter Street, Alcester.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot, Cremation
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: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 Butter Street, E side. Urns with cremation (?) and coin hoard in Urn, consisting of 800 silver and 16 gold coins dating from 48 BC to AD 337 (perhaps later) and including including all principal reigns. Found by 'T' of Butter Street in 1638. Various other accounts of the hoard occur.Found 'in cellar of house adjoining churchyard'. Recorded by Rev. Samuel Clarke, Rector of Alcester at the time, in Geographical Description of all the Countires of the World, 1671, p.167. The date has been misquoted as 1838 in other sources, such as in Archaeologia 53 p.90.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Alcester Notes
Author/originator: W A Seaby
Date: 1954
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source Archaeologia Archaeologia, a journal published by the Society of Antiquaries of London. The journals contain articles relating to the archaeology of Britain and Europe. Recent copies are held at 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 CREMATION * A funeral rite in which the human body is burnt, usually on a pyre, leaving fragmentary charred or completely combusted remains. Often found buried, occasionally in a container associated with grave goods. back
monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument URN * A garden ornament, usually of stone or metal, designed in the the form of a vase used to receive the ashes of the dead. back
monument CELLAR * A room or group of rooms usually below the ground level and usually under a building, often used for storing fuel, provisions or wines. back
monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument CHURCHYARD * An area of ground belonging to a church, often used as a burial ground. back

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