Information for record number MWA6191:
Deserted Medieval Settlement at Dassett Southend

Summary The site of a Medieval deserted settlement at Dassett Southend. The settlement was excavated and the first buildings on the site date from the 13th century. The site was located 100m north west of the chapel at Little Dassett.
What Is It?  
Type: Deserted Settlement, House, House Platform, Enclosure, Road, Blacksmiths Workshop
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Burton Dassett
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 38 52
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Excavation in advance of destruction by the M40. The main part of the Excavation covers a row of buildings along the N side of a street, running E-W on the line of the modern road. The name of the street may have been 'Newlands'. The properties on which the buildings sat were a series of regular N-S strips each c20M wide. Parts of 5 properties have been examined so far and in each case occupation seems to begin in the later 13th century. This, combined with the street name, suggests that this was a planned development associated with the establishment of the market. Moving E towards the chapel the density of buildings increases. Each property contained a building and a number of these properties also had barns. The Excavation has produced large quantities of pottery, animal bone, roof tiles and many other objects including strap-ends, belt buckles, decorative studs etc, knives, spoons, keys, thimbles, pins, whetstones, millstones.
2 Plan.
3 Interim Excavation report.
4 Fieldwalking in the area to the north-west of the Medieval settlement produced Medieval finds ranging in date from the late 13th to early 16th centuries.
5 During 1990-1 fieldwalking and trial trenching revealed building rubble, pottery, animal bone and tile indicative of 13th-15th cenutry occupation was discovered.
6 Coins from the 13th to 16th century found at this location: an Edward I halfpenny and penny, another worn silver penny and an Elizabeth I threepence of 1567.
7 A 15th to early 16th century iron horseshoe found at this location.
8 Illustration of
7.
9 A bronze harness(?) ring, possibly Medieval, found at this location.
10 A Medieval bronze strapend hook of the 14th to 15th century found at this location.
11 Air photo
12 For NMP summary see MWA 660
 
Sources
Source No: 11
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title:
Author/originator:
Date: 07/01/84
Page Number: E
Volume/Sheet: SP0452
   
Source No: 8
Source Type: Drawing
Title: Late Medieval horse- shoe WMEF 1084
Author/originator: Pickin J L
Date: 1988
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 1084
   
Source No: 10
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1976
Author/originator: Wise P J
Date: 1990
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 1976
   
Source No: 9
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1090
Author/originator: Palmer N J
Date: 1988
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 1090
   
Source No: 7
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 1084
Author/originator: Pickin J L
Date: 1988
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 1084
   
Source No: 6
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 811
Author/originator: Seaby W A
Date: 1987
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 811
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Excavation Report
Title: Burton Dassett
Author/originator: Palmer N J
Date: 1987
Page Number: 2
Volume/Sheet: Burton Dassett Excav
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Plan
Title: Burton Dassett
Author/originator: Palmer N J
Date: 1987
Page Number: Fig 1
Volume/Sheet: Burton Dassett Excav
   
Source No: 5
Source Type: Serial
Title: WMA vol 34 (1991)
Author/originator: Darlington, J (ed)
Date: 1992
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 34
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Serial
Title: WMA vol 33
Author/originator: Adams D
Date: 1990
Page Number: 82
Volume/Sheet: 33
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Serial
Title: WMA vol 31
Author/originator: NJP
Date: 1988
Page Number: 28-32
Volume/Sheet: 31
   
Source No: 12
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Pers. Comm.
Author/originator: B Gethin
Date: 2013 onwards
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
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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 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 Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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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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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument SETTLEMENT * A small concentration of dwellings. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument MARKET * An open space or covered building in which cattle, goods, etc, are displayed for sale. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument DESERTED SETTLEMENT * An abandoned settlement, usually of the Medieval period, often visible only as earthworks or on aerial photographs. back
monument ENCLOSURE * An area of land enclosed by a boundary ditch, bank, wall, palisade or other similar barrier. Use specific type where known. back
monument CHAPEL * A freestanding building, or a room or recess serving as a place of Christian worship in a church or other building. Use more specific type where known. back
monument HOUSE PLATFORM * An area of ground on which a house is built. A platform is often the sole surviving evidence for a house. back
monument BARN * A building for the storage and processing of grain crops and for housing straw, farm equipment and occasionally livestock and their fodder. Use more specific type where known. back
monument ROW * A row of buildings built during different periods, as opposed to a TERRACE. back
monument BLACKSMITHS WORKSHOP * Place where a smith works iron. May be for small scale local use or within a larger industrial complex. back
monument MILLSTONE * One of a pair of large circular stones used for grinding corn in a mill. back

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