Information for record number MWA1002:
Findspot - Roman coins & silver ring from Tiddington.

Summary Findspot - Roman coins and a ring, which are part of the Cove Jones collection from various places in Tiddington.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Romano-British (43 AD - 409 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Stratford upon Avon
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 21 55
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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1 A silver ring with four coins (one Constantine, one Magnentius) found on the 'Lench' fields between the Avon and the Stratford and Tiddington Road in 1850.
2 The 'Lench' is an island on the Avon at SP2055 and the 'Lench fields' referred to would therefore be at cSP2155. A gentleman (now dead) had a collection of coins from the general area, but it appears to have been dispersed.
3 These coins are part of the Cove Jones collection which came from various places in Tiddington. The association with Lench fields and the NGR in ref
2 may be dubious.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 1, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Doubleday H A & Page W (eds)
Date: 1904
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Volume/Sheet: 1
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: OS Card 25NE6
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1968
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Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Unpublished document
Author/originator: Palmer N
Date: 1997
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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 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 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 FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument ISLAND * A piece of land, sometimes man-made, completely surrounded by water. back
monument COVE * Prehistoric structure consisting of three or more standing stones in close proximity to each other, forming an unroofed approximately rectangular structure open in one direction. back

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