Information for record number MWA9778:
Medieval pottery sherds at the Lunt Roman Fort Car Park, south of Lunt Fort Cottages, Baginton.

Summary 32 medieval pottery sherds, dating from the fourteenth through to the sixteenth centuries, recovered during the excavation of a single trial trench within the Lunt Roman Fort car park, south of Lunt Fort Cottages, Baginton.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Baginton
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 34 75
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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1 32 sherds (459g) of medieval pottery, dating from the fourteenth through to the sixteenth centuries, were recovered during the excavation of a single 3.8m by 2.0m trial trench. This included three body sherds of green glazed Nuneaton ware and two body sherds of Midlands Purple ware. No archaeological features were recorded.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Excavation Report
Title: Lunt Roman Fort Car Park, Archaeological Excavation 2001
Author/originator: Thompson P
Date: 2001
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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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technique Trial Trench A small regular hole that is usually square or rectangular in shape. Archaeologists dig trial trenches to discover if there are any archaeological remains at a particular location. See also excavation. back
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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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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monument ARCHAEOLOGICAL FEATURE * Use only for features assumed to be archaeological but which cannot be identified more precisely without further investigation .Use more specific term where known back
monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument FORT * A permanently occupied position or building designed primarily for defence. back
monument CAR PARK * A place where cars and other road vehicles may be parked and left. back

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