Information for record number MWA5066:
Findspot - Roman finds in Bidford on Avon.

Summary Findspot - various finds of Roman date, including coins, brooches, buckles, pottery and a spindle whorl, were found in the area of Staple Hill.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Romano-British (43 AD - 409 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Bidford on Avon
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 10 50
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 Finds made with a metal detector in 1987: Coins of Constantine I (c310-2), Constantine I (330-7), Constantius II (350-60), Valens (c367-75) and the fragment of a foot plate of a Roman brooch.
2 Finds made with a metal detector in 1989 at SP108503: Bronze ring, penannular brooch fragment dating from the 1st century BC to the 1st century AD and a collection of sixteen coins from the 1st and 4th century. Illustration of brooch in FI File.
3 Finds made with a metal detector in 1989: Polden Hill brooch of the 1st century, a very worn brooch of the spring-type from the 1st century and a collection of twenty six coins from the 3rd and 4th century.
4 Finds made with a metal detector in 1989 at SP108503. Copper alloy object and sixteen coins from the 3rd and 4th century.
5 Finds made with a metal detector in 1989: Brooch of the Polden Hill type of the 1st century and two coins of Valens (c364-378) and one of Valentinian I (c367-375).
6 Finds made with a metal detector in 1989: Coin of Valerian II (c253-255) and one of Valens (c364-375).
7 Finds made with a metal detector in 1989: Bronze object, foot of brooch of the 1st century, T-shape brooch of the Sawfish type from the 1st to 2nd century and a collection of thirty coins from the 3rd and 4th century. Illustration of Sawfish brooch in FI File.
8 Finds made with a metal detector in 1989: Brooch of the Polden Hill type from the 1st century, bronze object, stud, perforated strip, part of tweezers, pin, buckle fragment and a collection of seventeen coins from the 3rd and 4th century. Illustration of brooch in FI File.
9 Finds made with a metal detector in 1989: Coins of Carausius (287-293), Constantinus I (c312-313), Constantinus II (c328) and an unidentified later 4th century coin.
10 Finds made with a metal detector in 1989 at SP108503: Collection of eight coins from the 3rd and 4th century.
11 Finds made with a metal detector in 1989: Brooch of the Polden Hill type from the 1st century, bronze chatelaine and seven coins from the 3rd and 4th century.
12 Finds made with a metal detector in 1990: Coin of Plautilla, wife of Caracalla (c202-205).
13 Finds made with a metal detector in 1990: Coins of Tetricus I (270-273), Constantinus II of the 3rd century and an unidentified later 3rd century coin.
14 Finds made with a metal detector in 1990: A Dolphin brooch of the 1st century, part of a Dolphin brooch and a collection of thirty six coins of which one was from the 2nd century and the rest were from the 4th.
15 Finds made with a metal detector in 1990: Coins of Constantine I (c334), Valens (c364-378) and fragment of coin of the 3rd century.
16 Finds made with a metal detector in 1990: Collection of eight coins from the 3rd and 4th century.
18 Finds made with a metal detector in 1990 at SP106502: Fragment of decorated Romano-Celtic metalwork of the 1st century, round-headed stud, fitting with floral ornament and a collection of thirty nine coins from the 3rd and 4th century.
19 Find made with a metal detector in 1991: Pottery spindle whorl, bronze ring and five coins from the 3rd and 4th century.
20 Finds made with a metal detector in 1991: Eight coins from the 3rd and 4th century.
21 Find of eighty coins, four brooches, a ring and a pin in 1991 at SP106502.
 
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Source No: 21
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 2403
Author/originator: WM
Date: 1991
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Source No: 12
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1539
Author/originator: Seaby
Date: 1990
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Source No: 10
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1379
Author/originator: Wise/Seaby
Date: 1989
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Source No: 18
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 2196
Author/originator: Wise P J
Date: 1990
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Volume/Sheet: 2196
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 755
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Date: 1987
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Volume/Sheet: E/755
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1312
Author/originator: WM/Seaby
Date: 1989
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Source No: 14
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 2142
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Date: 1990
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Volume/Sheet: 2142
   
Source No: 13
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 2136
Author/originator: Seaby W A
Date: 1990
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Volume/Sheet: 2136
   
Source No: 8
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1346
Author/originator: Wise P J
Date: 1989
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 1346
   
Source No: 9
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1377
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Date: 1989
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Volume/Sheet: 1377
   
Source No: 11
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1399
Author/originator: Wise P
Date: 1989
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Source No: 15
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 2156
Author/originator: Wise
Date: 1990
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Source No: 16
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 2161
Author/originator: Wise/Seaby
Date: 1990
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Source No: 20
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 2809
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Date: 1991
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Volume/Sheet: 2809
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1316
Author/originator: Wise P J
Date: 1989
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Volume/Sheet: 1316
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1324
Author/originator: Wise/Seaby
Date: 1989
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Source No: 5
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1328
Author/originator: Wise/Seaby
Date: 1989
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Source No: 6
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1332
Author/originator: Seaby
Date: 1989
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Source No: 7
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1333
Author/originator: Wise/Seaby
Date: 1989
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Source No: 19
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 2807
Author/originator: WM
Date: 1991
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source WMEF Warwickshire Museum Enquiry Form. These are forms that are filled in when a person brings an object to Warwickshire Museum to be identified. Amongst the information recorded on the form are details such as a description of the object, where and when it was found, and in some cases a sketch or photographs of it. Copies of the form can be viewed 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 DOLPHIN * A cluster of piles for mooring a vessel. back
monument ROUND * A small, Iron Age/Romano-British enclosed settlement found in South West England. back
monument SPRING * A point where water issues naturally from the rock or soil onto the ground or into a body of surface water. back

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