Information for record number MWA5566:
Findspot - Migration period finds

Summary Findspot - various objects dating to the Migration period were found 600m south west of Kinwarton Church.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Anglo-Saxon (410 AD - 1065 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Kinwarton
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 10 58
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Find made in 1984 with a metal detector: Fragment of 6th century bronze brooch with incised/impressed circle decoration. This is similar in style to the disc brooches from the pagan Saxon cemetery at Stretton on Fosse and can be dated 550-650 AD.
2 Find made in 1992 with a metal detector: A late 9th century silver strap end or clothes fitting, in two fragments, with the design incised with zoomorphic decoration.
3 Illustration of this in FI file.
 
Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Drawing
Title: Drawing of possible Anglo Saxon object found in Kinwarton
Author/originator: Bond E
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 2594
Author/originator:
Date: 1984
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 2594
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 2685
Author/originator: Bond E
Date: 1992
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 2685
   
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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
monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument CEMETERY * An area of ground, set apart for the burial of the dead. back

* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)

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