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Findspot - Roman metal finds

Summary Findspot - 19 coins and a few bronze objects, including waste products were found 250m south east of Bordon Hill. The finds suggest that metal working was being carried out at the site. All the finds were of Roman date.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Romano-British (43 AD - 409 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Old Stratford and Drayton
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 17 54
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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1 Finds made by a metal detector user at the above grid reference and brought into Birmingham Museum for identification. Finds included nineteen Roman coins, all 3rd to 4th century, and a small number of items of metalwork including two fragments of bronze fibulae, two fragmentary rings that could well be Roman and a strange 'spoon-like' object. There are also 1 or 2 pieces which suggest very strongly that metal working was going on on the site. There are two scraps of bronze, a possible lead (alloy?) casting sprue and a small block of lead (alloy?).
2 Archaeological observation of the laying of a new pipeline between Bordon Hill (SP 17 54) and the A46 Alcester Road (SP 17 55) revealed 8 highly abraded Roman sherds and a number of fragments of tile, to the NW of the metal-detector site. Possible indication of settlement activity within the area.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Archaeological Observation of Stour Valley Mains Replacement, Stratford
Author/originator: J Meek
Date: 1996
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Correspondence
Title: Roman finds, Bordon Hill, Stratford on Avon
Author/originator: Symons D
Date: 1988
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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 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
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument WELL * A shaft or pit dug in the ground over a supply of spring-water. back
monument MUSEUM * A building, group of buildings or space within a building, where objects of value such as works of art, antiquities, scientific specimens, or other artefacts are housed and displayed. back
monument PIPELINE * A conduit or pipes, used primarily for conveying petroleum from oil wells to a refinery, or for supplying water to a town or district, etc. back

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