Information for record number MWA6142:
Possible Charcoal Burning 100m W of Daniels Wood

Summary Charcoal burning sites of unknown date where carbon was produced. The sites are located 100m west of Daniels Wood.
What Is It?  
Type: Charcoal Burners Site
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Great Packington
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 24 85
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 Excavations investigated spreads of Roman pottery which had been discovered in arable land threatened by motorway construction. Extensive trial trenching produced what seemed to be charcoal-burning sites of uncertain date. No stratified Roman material was found, and it would appear that any Roman structures must lie outside the course of the motorway.
2 Information as above.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: OS Card 46SE10
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1974
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 46SE10
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Serial
Title: WMANS no 12 (1969)
Author/originator: Rahtz, P (ed)
Date: 1969
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 12
   
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source OS Card Ordnance Survey Record Card. Before the 1970s the Ordnance Survey (OS) were responsible for recording archaeological monuments during mapping exercises. This helped the Ordnance Survey to decide which monuments to publish on maps. During these exercises the details of the monuments were written down on record cards. Copies of some of the cards are kept at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. The responsibility for recording archaeological monuments later passed to the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments. back
source WMANS West Midlands Archaeological News Sheet, a publication that was produced each year, this later became West Midlands Archaeology. The West Midlands Arcaheological News Sheet contains reports about archaeological work that was carried out in the West Midlands region in the previous year. It includes information about sites dating from the Prehistoric to the Post Medieval periods. It was produced the Department of Extramural Studies at Birmingham University. Copies are held at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
technique excavation Archaeologists excavate sites so that they can find information and recover archaeological materials before they are destroyed by erosion, construction or changes in land-use.

Depending on how complicated and widespread the archaeological deposits are, excavation can be done by hand or with heavy machinery. Archaeologists may excavate a site in a number of ways; either by open area excavation, by digging a test pit or a trial trench.
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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 SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument CHARCOAL BURNERS SITE * A site, often in a woodland clearing, used for the production of pure carbon by the controlled burning of wood and other organic materials. back
monument MOTORWAY * Fast arterial road with separate carriageways limited to motor vehicles back
monument WOOD * A tract of land with trees, sometimes acting as a boundary or barrier, usually smaller and less wild than a forest. back
monument STRUCTURE * A construction of unknown function, either extant or implied by archaeological evidence. If known, use more specific type. back

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