Information for record number MWA5577:
Site of Iron Age Settlement NW of Crimscote Flds Fm

Summary The possible site of an Iron Age settlement. The site is suggested by a scatter of pottery sherds. It is located 800m south west of Crimscote.
What Is It?  
Type: Settlement, Findspot
Period: Iron Age (800 BC - 42 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Whitchurch
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 22 46
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 1984: Field survey. 624 sherds of possible Early/Middle Iron Age pottery were recovered. These were predominantly in shell gritted fabrics and included coarse ware jars with shoulders decorated by finger tipping. Fourteen fragments of fired clay including fragments of a loomweight were found.
2 Plan.
3 Also recovered from the survey were daub fragments. The sherds recovered ref
1 are similar to pottery from other Iron Age sites in the North Cotswolds.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: List of finds from Whitchurch
Author/originator:
Date: 1985
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Plan
Title: Whitchurch
Author/originator: Ball S
Date: 1985
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Serial
Title: WMA vol 29 1986
Author/originator: Hingley R C
Date: 1986
Page Number: 56
Volume/Sheet: 29
   
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Glossary

 
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Description  
source WMA West Midlands Archaeology. This publication contains a short description for each of the sites where archaeological work has taken place in the previous year. It covers Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire. Some of these descriptions include photographs, plans and drawings of the sites and/or the finds that have been discovered. The publication is produced by the Council For British Archaeology (CBA) West Midlands and is published annually. Copies are held at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
technique Field Survey The term ‘field survey’ is used to describe all work that does not disturb archaeological deposits below the ground through an excavation. Field survey techniques involve recording measurements that help archaeologists draw plans or diagrams of archaeological features. There are a variety of different field survey techniques, including geophysical survey, building recording survey, field walking survey, landscape survey and earthwork survey. back
period Iron Age About 800 BC to 43 AD

The Iron Age comes after the Bronze Age and before the Roman period. It is a time when people developed the skills and knowledge to work and use iron, hence the name ‘Iron Age’ which is given to this period. Iron is a much tougher and more durable metal than bronze but it also requires more skill to make objects from it. People continued to use bronze during this period.
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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument SETTLEMENT * A small concentration of dwellings. 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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