Site of Probable Roman Settlement

Roman brooch found near Bishopton Hill | Warwickshire County Council
Roman brooch found near Bishopton Hill
Warwickshire County Council
Description of this historic site

The site of a probable settlement dating to the Roman period and known from various finds including Roman pottery, stone and a brooch. It is located 800m south west of Bishopton Hill.

Notes about this historic site

1 ‘A good crop of Romano British sherds can be harvested annually.’
2 1971: Pottery sherds (grey ware, black burnished ware, native ‘Samian’ etc). Also an area of stone, could be building stone.
3 The farmer possesses a collection of pottery and pieces of clay pipe from the site which includes a few sherds of coarse Romano British ware. A bronze fibula was discovered near the N boundary of the field in 1978. This was found by M Longfield with a metal detector and dates to c60 AD. Field examined in 1979. Further sherds of Romano British coarse pottery of Severn Valley type, especially in the E portion of the field. The site, on the brow of rising land above the valley, is typical of those chosen for Romano British farmsteads in this area.
4 Plan in FI File.
5 Scale drawing of the brooch.

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