Information for record number MWA5688:
Findspot - Migration to Early Medieval finds

Summary Findspot - various finds, including coins, dating from the Migration to the Early Medieval period were found 450m south of Marlcliff.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Anglo-Saxon (410 AD - 1065 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Bidford on Avon
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 09 50
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Find made with a metal detector in 1987: Saxon sceatta of Metcalf's Style F, 8th century or late 7th century together with 13 sherds of possible Anglo Saxon pottery.
2 Find made with a metal detector in 1988: Bronze saucer brooch and a Hwiccan sceatta.
3 Find made with a metal detector in 1989: Saxon sceat, possibly 8th century.
4 Swift field survey also indicated some possible Saxon pottery in this field.
5 Find made with a metal detector in 1988: Saxon sceatta, 8th century. A derivative Hwiccan piece of Series L and so far as is known, the first in Warwickshire.
6 Finds made with a metal detector in 1989: A gilt bronze ornamental strip in the shape of a elongated lozenze with a small hole at each end, possibly 8th century, and a sceatta.
7 Illustration of ornamental strip
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Sources
Source No: 6
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: WMA
Author/originator: Wise P, Seaby W
Date: 1989
Page Number: 84
Volume/Sheet: 32
   
Source No: 7
Source Type: Drawing
Title: Ornamental strip from Marlcliff
Author/originator:
Date:
Page Number: 84
Volume/Sheet: 32
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1541
Author/originator: WM
Date: 1988
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 1541
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1803
Author/originator: Seaby
Date: 1989
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 893
Author/originator: WM
Date: 1987
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 893
   
Source No: 5
Source Type: Serial
Title: WMA vol 31
Author/originator: JLP
Date: 1988
Page Number: 27
Volume/Sheet: 31
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: R.C.Hingley personal comment
Author/originator: Hingley R C
Date: 1989
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
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Glossary

 
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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
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
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 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 FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back

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