Information for record number MWA513:
Findspot - Roman pottery and human skulls, Alcester

Summary Findspot - Roman pottery and two human skulls were found in Bleachfield Street, 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

  
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1 SWS in excavating a trench for cable in Bleachfield Street had several lots of pottery, also two human skulls, sent to Birmingham University.
2 Noted.
3Noted. 11 and 14, 15 October 1929, B W Davis.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title:
Author/originator: Davis B W
Date: 1929
Page Number: 11-15 October
Volume/Sheet: Diary
   
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: 3
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Alcester Notes
Author/originator: W A Seaby
Date: 1954
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
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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 UNIVERSITY * A group of colleges and associated buildings belonging to a university. back
monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument BLEACHFIELD * Large field or yard used to lay fabrics out ready for bleaching. back
monument TRENCH * An excavation used as a means of concealment, protection or both. back

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