Information for record number MWA505:
Findspot - Roman pottery, Alcester.

Summary Findspot - fragments of Roman pottery were found in the area of Birch Abbey, 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 57
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Abbey works, Bleachfield Street, 1937. This may be from the same area as PRN 503. Samian ware, types 46, 31 (Cadgati): 18/38 later development; 15/17 Platter ?1st century; 33/35; 37 Flavian-Hadrian-Antonine and later about ten pieces, also small fragment of 30, probably Antonine. Two amphora handles, three large white mortaria. Samian mortarium rim. Also a sestertius of Nero.
2 Noted.
3Noted. Further details of finds in
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Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Alcester Notes
Author/originator: W A Seaby
Date: 1954
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: WM
Author/originator: Seaby W A
Date:
Page Number: No 61
Volume/Sheet: Map and Notes
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title:
Author/originator: Davis B W
Date: 1927
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Diary
   
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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 FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument ABBEY * A religious house governed by an abbot or abbess. Use with narrow terms of DOUBLE HOUSE, MONASTERY or NUNNERY. back
monument BLEACHFIELD * Large field or yard used to lay fabrics out ready for bleaching. back
monument WORKS * Usually a complex of buildings for the processing of raw materials. Use specific type where known. back

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