Information for record number MWA6297:
Findspot - Roman pottery sherds

Summary Findspot - sherds of Roman pottery were found 100m west of Daniels Wood.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Romano-British (43 AD - 409 AD)
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: )
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1 This field in the past has yielded fragments of Roman pottery. The line of the M6 extension runs across this field. A short excavation was therefore undertaken in May 1969. An area some 12m in diameter at the E end of the field yielded a slight spread of very abraded Roman pottery (some 30 sherds including the rim of a late type of mortarium from the N Warwickshire kilns). The area was carefully investigated, but again no trace of structures could be found, the natural marl being marked only by the furrows of deep ploughing. Had any Roman structure existed it must have been both flimsy and short-lived. Alternatively occupation may have been situated near but outside the line of the motorway.
2 Three sherds of mortarium, three black-burnished sherds, 21 coarse grey sherds.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: WM
Author/originator:
Date: 1969
Page Number: 1910
Volume/Sheet: Accession Card
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Excavation Report
Title: TBAS vol 84
Author/originator: Taylor S
Date: 1971
Page Number: 181-2
Volume/Sheet: 84
   
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source TBAS Transactions of the Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society is a journal produced by the society annually. It contains articles about archaeological field work that has taken place in Birmingham and Warwickshire in previous years. Copies of the journal are kept by the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
source WM Warwickshire Museum Aerial Photograph Collection. A collection of oblique and vertical aerial photographs and taken by various organisations and individuals, including the Royal Airforce, The Potato Board, Warwickshire Museum. The collection is 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 KILN * A furnace or oven for burning, baking or drying. Use specific type where known. back
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
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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