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Findspot - Iron Age coins

Summary Findspot - Iron Age coins which are supposed to have been found in a well in Tiddington. The exact location of the Findspot is unknown.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Iron Age (800 BC - 42 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Stratford upon Avon
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 20 50
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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1 Marginal. 2 Iron Age coins from Tiddington in the Shakespeare Memorial Museum. One uninscribed AR of the Dobunni, one uninscribed AV stater of the Brigantes or Coritani.
2 These coins are from a supposed well at Tiddington. The exact location of the well is not known. In addition there are 4 coins, not 2 as reference
1 suggests, 2 of the Dobunni and 2 of the Coritani. They were found in 1938.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: OS Card 15NW12
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1957
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 25NW12
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Unpublished document
Author/originator: Holmes J
Date: 1979
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Volume/Sheet:
   
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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
period Iron Age About 800 BC to 43 AD

The Iron Age comes after the Bronze Age and before the Roman period. It is a time when people developed the skills and knowledge to work and use iron, hence the name ‘Iron Age’ which is given to this period. Iron is a much tougher and more durable metal than bronze but it also requires more skill to make objects from it. People continued to use bronze during this period.
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monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. 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

* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)

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