Site of Roman Settlement at Baginton

1 Site 2. Opposite side of main road from the Home Farm. Site has now been almost entirely removed by gravel extraction. The site was very rich in scattered pieces, yielding hundreds of fragments of rims and bases and grey ware. The collection indicates occupation from the late 1st century to the 4th century. Mortaria, a black plate and Samian were noted. Two filled-in, stone-lined wells were found on the site. One was dug out to water level. It contained pottery sherds, a human skull and part of a bronze bracelet. Also found on the site were a number of quern fragments and two unusual, three-pronged iron implements, coins of Nero, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Faustina Junior, Licinius and two of Constantine the Great.
2 The whole area is now a derelict, filled-in quarry site. The material is in Coventry Museum.