Information for record number MWA496:
Roman Features at Swan Street, Alcester

Summary A Roman pit and a cremation urn were found at Swan Street, Alcester. Roman pottery and coins were also recovered from the site.
What Is It?  
Type: Burial, Pit, Findspot
Period: Romano-British (43 AD - 409 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Alcester
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 08 57
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 Adjacent to possible road (WA495), containing 3rd century pottery (and some 4th). Also charcoal, scoriae, painted plaster, and Antonine Samian ware. (This is Hughes' site F).
2 An extension to the east produced a cremation in a Romano-British jar of 3rd or 4th century.
3 It is not certain whether the surface exposed by Hughes' site F in fact represents a road or some kind of hardstanding, as the northern edge was not recovered, and cobbled surfaces are common in Roman Alcester.
4 Note relating to discovery of cremation.
 
Sources
Source No: 4
Source Type: Correspondence
Title: Roman pit and cremation urn from Swan Street, Alcester
Author/originator: Hughes, H V
Date: 1964
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: SMR card : text
Author/originator: JMG
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Serial
Title: TBAS vol 76 (1958)
Author/originator: Birmingham Archaeological Society
Date: 1960
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 76
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: TBAS vol 81
Author/originator: A.J.H. Gunstone (ed)
Date: 1963
Page Number: 139
Volume/Sheet: 81
   
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source SMR Card Sites and Monuments Record Card. The Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record began to be developed during the 1970s. The details of individual archaeological sites and findspots were written on record cards. These record cards were used until the 1990s, when their details were entered on to a computerised system. The record cards are still kept at the office of the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
source TBAS Transactions of the Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society is a journal produced by the society annually. It contains articles about archaeological field work that has taken place in Birmingham and Warwickshire in previous years. Copies of the journal are kept by the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. 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 CREMATION * A funeral rite in which the human body is burnt, usually on a pyre, leaving fragmentary charred or completely combusted remains. Often found buried, occasionally in a container associated with grave goods. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument URN * A garden ornament, usually of stone or metal, designed in the the form of a vase used to receive the ashes of the dead. back
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 PIT * A hole or cavity in the ground, either natural or the result of excavation. Use more specific type where known. back
monument BURIAL * An interment of human or animal remains. Use specific type where known. If component use with wider site type. Use FUNERARY SITE for optimum retrieval in searches. back

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