Information for record number MWA476:
Roman building, Alcester.

Summary Various finds, including tesserae, painted plaster and tiles, suggest that this was the site of a Roman building. The site was located on the north side of Meeting Lane.
What Is It?  
Type: Building, 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: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

 
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1 Fragments of Roman tesserae and plaster with maroon and red paint, some on white surface, and fragments of flanged tile. Also many flanged tiles and building tiles for hypocaust pilae etc.
2 it is unclear if this site is separate from MWA477. The source cannot be located to check this.
3 Museum form from 1970 gives brief details.
4 Source located which gives more details to Seaby's notes. Collections of 17th-19th century objects also reported. Pottery fragments dating from 3rd century to the present day (E.W Jephcott Collection). This site seems to be separate from MWA477; described as 'in garden behind meeting lane'.
5 Anonymous factual correction to
4, 'half-round tiles (tegulae)' --> imbreces
 
Sources

Source No: 4
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Alcester Notes
Author/originator: W A Seaby
Date: 1954
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Source No: 5
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Alcester Notes
Author/originator: W A Seaby
Date: 1954
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Descriptive Text
Title: WM
Author/originator: Seaby W A
Date:
Page Number: 44
Volume/Sheet: Map and Notes
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: Roman building debris from Alcester
Author/originator: Jephcott, E. W.
Date: 1970
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Pers. Comm. Magnus Alexander
Author/originator: Magnus Alexander
Date: 2006
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source WM Warwickshire Museum Aerial Photograph Collection. A collection of oblique and vertical aerial photographs and taken by various organisations and individuals, including the Royal Airforce, The Potato Board, Warwickshire Museum. The collection is 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 SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument HYPOCAUST * A Roman under-floor heating system in which hot air heated by a stoked furnace, flowed through channels, created by either raising the floor on pillars of brick and tile or cutting channels into the concrete floor and tiling over them. 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 GARDEN * An enclosed piece of ground devoted to the cultivation of flowers, fruit or vegetables and/or recreational purposes. Use more specific type where known. back
monument ROUND * A small, Iron Age/Romano-British enclosed settlement found in South West England. back

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