Information for record number MWA12869:
Romano-British pottery found south-west of Upper Spring Farm

Summary Unsystematic fieldwalking in 2011, produced 19 sherds of Grey ware, a sherd of Black-burnished ware and 2 undiagnostic fragments of ceramic building material.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Romano-British (43 AD - 409 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Bishops Itchington
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 37 55
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Fieldwalking assemblage of Romano-British pottery sherds. Retained by landowner. Collection indicative of a Romano-British settlement in the vicinity.
2 Subsequent geophysics and trial trenching investigated the remains of a small rural Romano-British settlement in this area.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Evaluation Report
Title: Starbold Wind Farm, Bishop's Itchington, Warwickshire, Archaeological Evaluation
Author/originator: Kimber M and Mayes S
Date: 2012
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Report of some finds near Upper Spring Farm, Bishops Itchington
Author/originator: Bolton J
Date: 2011
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monument SETTLEMENT * A small concentration of dwellings. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. 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 WIND FARM * A group of electricity-producing windmills or wind turbines. back
monument SPRING * A point where water issues naturally from the rock or soil onto the ground or into a body of surface water. back
monument FARM * A tract of land, often including a farmhouse and ancillary buildings, used for the purpose of cultivation and the rearing of livestock, etc. Use more specific type where known. back

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