Information for record number MWA7120:
Medieval metal objects

Summary Findspot - 4 keys, 2 spurs, a buckle, a coin, 2 pins and a coin weight all dating to the Medieval period and found 500m south east of Roundham Spinney.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Medieval - Post-Medieval (1066 AD - 1750 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Shipston on Stour
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 26 41
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 Four keys, two spurs and a buckle brought to the Museum for identification. The keys dated approximately to the late medieval period. The two fragements of spur probably early 14th century. The buckle is late/post medieval, can be reconstructed as two frames linked by a pin.
2 Also found at Fell Mill and identified at the Museum. The objects included a sliver soldino (15th century); one gratian (367-83); a Romano-British brooch - probably dolphin type (mid 1st century), one buckle - an oval frame with ornate outside edge (late 12th-late 14th century); one weight, small square shape stamped on both sides (17th century date); a pin, broken (14th century); three sherds of Westerwald stoneware (17th century Rhineland).
3 Copper alloy coin weight, possibly associated with Edward IV (1461-83), found by metal detector at Fell Mill at SP267414.`
4 Copper alloy small buckle and bone counter found by metal detector in 1997.
1 /Note /Wise P /1993 /WMEF /3010 / /WMBFI 7120 /Y /
 
Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 3275 Jerry Warren Research
Author/originator: Wise P J
Date: 1994
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Volume/Sheet: 3275
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 3010 Jerry Warren Research
Author/originator: Wise P
Date: 1993
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 3824
Author/originator: Philip Wise
Date: 1997
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: E/3824
   
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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
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 Post Medieval About 1540 AD to 1750 AD (the 16th century AD to the 18th century AD)

The Post Medieval period comes after the medieval period and before the Imperial period.

This period covers the second half of the reign of the Tudors (1485 – 1603), the reign of the Stuarts (1603 – 1702) and the beginning of the reign of the Hannoverians (1714 – 1836).
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monument MILL * A factory used for processing raw materials. Use more specific mill type where known. See also TEXTILE MILL, for more narrow terms. back
monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument DOLPHIN * A cluster of piles for mooring a vessel. 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 SQUARE * An open space or area, usually square in plan, in a town or city, enclosed by residential and/or commercial buildings, frequently containing a garden or laid out with trees. back

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