Roman burial & enclosure

Description of this historic site

The site a Roman enclosure surrounding a burial. It was discovered during an archaeological excavation. It is situated 200m north west of the church, Bidford on Avon.

Notes about this historic site

1 Excavations in 1979 located, to the NE of the Saxon cemetery, a small 8m square walled enclosure or building – inside was a Romano-British pot with a cremation.
2 Some of the burials excavated in the Anglo-Saxon cemetery may have been of Romano-British date (see MWA608).
3 Roman potsherd found at this grid ref in 1979.

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