Information for record number MWA5333:
Findspot - Roman bronze saucepan

Summary Findspot - a bronze saucepan of Roman date was found 400m north east of Newton.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Romano-British (43 AD - 409 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Newton and Biggin
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 53 78
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Found in 1953 during gravel working and is now in Warwick Museum. It is in reasonable condition and belongs to a series with a bulging wall on a flaring foot. The vessel was probably made in Gaul by a factory supplying the needs of the army in the mid 1st century. Most examples have been found at or near forts and the find could indicate a nearby Claudian fort.
2 Photograph published.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: TBAS vol 81
Author/originator: Webster G
Date: 1963
Page Number: 143-4
Volume/Sheet: 81
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Photograph
Title: TBAS vol 81
Author/originator: Webster G
Date: 1963
Page Number: Plate 30
Volume/Sheet: 81
   
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source TBAS Transactions of the Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society is a journal produced by the society annually. It contains articles about archaeological field work that has taken place in Birmingham and Warwickshire in previous years. Copies of the journal are kept by 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 FORT * A permanently occupied position or building designed primarily for defence. 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 FACTORY * A building or complex, housing powered machinery and employing a large workforce for manufacturing purposes. Use specific monument type where known. back
monument WALL * An enclosing structure composed of bricks, stones or similar materials, laid in courses. Use specific type where known. back

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