Information for record number MWA5038:
Documentary reference to Site of Anglo Saxon Cemetery 600m N of Newton Lodge

Summary No evidence for the cemetery at this location following archaeological geophysics and trial trenching.
What Is It?  
Type: Cemetery, Burial, Inhumation
Period: Migration (410 AD - 800 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Churchover
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 51 78
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 In 1843 labourers filling an old quarry 600m NW of Newton Lodge in Clifton upon Dunsmore parish found eight or ten skeletons just below the surface. With them was the bronze handle of a Roman skillet, an amethyst bead, two gold pendants, a barrel-shaped bead of gold wire and two others of silver, two small gold ornaments with loops and three small earthenware beads.
2 Skeletons, beads, a jewel mounted in gold and a bronze bowl handle, found 1843. Bloxam considered them to be Roman but the jewel was pronounced Saxon and probably the whole find is Saxon. The bronze bowl handle is from a Romano British skillet.
4 The Ordnance Survey gives grid reference SP5376 and corrects Bloxam's quotation from half a mile (600m) NW of Newton Lodge to half a mile N of Clifton Lodge, Newton. The justification for locating the cemetery at this location appears to be the map of Anglo Saxon remains in the VCH. However Bloxam clearly locates the site NW of Newton Lodge and there appears to be no justification for locating the cemetery NE of Clifton upon Dunsmore. Potato Board air photograph shows a probable quarry at about SP5178 and this corresponds with the position given by Bloxam. It is on the boundary of the parishes of Churchover and Newton and Biggin; Newton and Biggin were formerly part of Clifton upon Dunsmore parish.
5 Air photograph.
6 Noted in DBA. No Anglo-Saxon remains were located in excavation.
7 Geophysical survey conducted and no anomalies associated with this feature were noted.
8 Trial trenching did not reveal any evidence for this cemetery.
 
Sources
Source No: 5
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title:
Author/originator: J Pickering
Date: 1962
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: SP4489 C/D/E/X
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 1, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Doubleday H A & Page W (eds)
Date: 1904
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 1
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Rugby
Author/originator: Bloxam M H
Date: 1889
Page Number: 182
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 6
Source Type: Desk Top Study
Title: Coton Park, Rugby, Warwickshire: Archaeological Desk Based Assessment
Author/originator: Andrew Hutcheson
Date: 1995
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 8
Source Type: Evaluation Report
Title: Archaeological Trial Trench evaluation at Pro Logis Site, Coton Park, Rugby, Warwickshire, August and September 2011
Author/originator: Wolframm-Murray Y
Date: 2011
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 11/195
   
Source No: 7
Source Type: Geophysical Survey Report
Title: Castle Park, Castle Mound Way, Rugby, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Sabin D & Donaldson K
Date: 2011
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 367
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: OS Card 14NE9
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date:
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 14NE9
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: R.C.Hingley personal comment
Author/originator: Hingley R C
Date: 1989
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
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source OS Card Ordnance Survey Record Card. Before the 1970s the Ordnance Survey (OS) were responsible for recording archaeological monuments during mapping exercises. This helped the Ordnance Survey to decide which monuments to publish on maps. During these exercises the details of the monuments were written down on record cards. Copies of some of the cards are kept at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. The responsibility for recording archaeological monuments later passed to the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments. back
source VCH The Victoria County History of the Counties of England. This publication covers the history of each county in England. For Warwickshire, seven volumes were published between 1904 and 1964. They comprise a comprehensive account of the history of each town and village in the county, and important families connected to local history. Each volume is organised by 'hundred', an Anglo-Saxon unit of land division. The Victoria County History also contains general chapters about Warwickshire's prehistory, ecclesiastical and economic history. A copy of each volume is held at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
technique Geophysical Survey The measuring and recording of electrical resistivity or magnetism in order to determine the existence and outline of buried features such as walls and ditches. Geophysical techniques include resistivity survey, magnetometer survey and ground penetrating radar. View Image back
technique excavation Archaeologists excavate sites so that they can find information and recover archaeological materials before they are destroyed by erosion, construction or changes in land-use.

Depending on how complicated and widespread the archaeological deposits are, excavation can be done by hand or with heavy machinery. Archaeologists may excavate a site in a number of ways; either by open area excavation, by digging a test pit or a trial trench.
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technique Trial Trench A small regular hole that is usually square or rectangular in shape. Archaeologists dig trial trenches to discover if there are any archaeological remains at a particular location. See also excavation. 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 LODGE * A small building, often inhabited by a gatekeeper, gamekeeper or similar. Use specific type where known. back
monument INHUMATION * An interment of unburnt, articulated human remains. Use specific type where known. back
monument PARK * An enclosed piece of land, generally large in area, used for hunting, the cultivation of trees, for grazing sheep and cattle or visual enjoyment. Use more specific type where known. back
monument BOUNDARY * The limit to an area as defined on a map or by a marker of some form, eg. BOUNDARY WALL. Use specific type where known. back
monument FEATURE * Areas of indeterminate function. back
monument CASTLE * A fortress and dwelling, usually medieval in origin, and often consisting of a keep, curtain wall and towers etc. back
monument CEMETERY * An area of ground, set apart for the burial of the dead. back
monument BURIAL * An interment of human or animal remains. Use specific type where known. If component use with wider site type. Use FUNERARY SITE for optimum retrieval in searches. back
monument QUARRY * An excavation from which stone for building and other functions, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc. back
monument MOUND * A natural or artificial elevation of earth or stones, such as the earth heaped upon a grave. Use more specific type where known. back

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