Information for record number MWA5343:
Medieval finds 200m N of Wootton Pool

Summary Findspot - a coin, bronze finger ring or spindle whorl and an ampulla all dating to the Medieval period and found 200m north of Wootton Pool.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Wootton Wawen
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 15 64
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Finds made with a metal detector included a broken 15th century penny, apparently of Durham, a Medieval bronze finger-ring or spindle whorl and an ampulla.
2 The ampulla has remains of a flower on one side and possibly a heart on the other. It cannot be assigned to any particular saint or place of pilgrimage. It probably dates from the 14th century.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Correspondence
Title: Finds from Wootton Wawen
Author/originator: Cherry J, British Museum
Date: 1985
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Source Type: Drawing
Title: Finds from Wootton Wawen
Author/originator: WM
Date: 1985
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 2852
Author/originator: Seaby, W.A.
Date: 1985
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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 Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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monument POOL * A small body of water, either natural or artificial. back
monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back

* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)

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