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Monument Number 332085
Hob Uid: 332085
Location : Warwickshire North Warwickshire Coleshill
Grid Ref : SP1950090500
Summary : Excavations in 1978 and 1979 discovered the remains of a possible Iron Age and Romano British temple. The possible Iron Age temple was circular in plan. The Romano British temple was of two phases and consisted of a stone walled enclosure inside which were two shrines, a building and a structure. In the later phase the temple consisted of a stone built cella. South of the enclosure a bathhouse was discovered and pits, ovens, ditches, floors and walls. Finds included Iron Age pottery a Bronze bull's head buckle mount and two Brooches. Roman pottery dated the site between the 2nd century and the 370's.
More information : SP 195905. A Roman settlement extending for at least 400m. from N to S was discovered during industrial and housing development at Coleshill in March 1978. Excavations in 1978 and 1979 revealed a Romano-Celtic temple complex in the centre of a subrectangular stone-walled enclosure measuring 65m. N-S by 45m. E-W. The enclosure contained two other probable shrines, a building some 8m square in the southern corner and a structure with an apse 7.5m. in diameter between the temple and the eastern enclosure wall. The temple in its latest phase consisted of a stone built cella measuring 11m. E-W by 10m. N-S with an ambulatory 2m wide. The building replaced an earlier cella with a western apse, and this had replaced an earlier timber temple, whose cella was almost square and was surrounded by the post-holes of an ambulatory measuring 11m by 10m. West of the timber temple and pre-dating it, was a circular building 12m. in diameter, possibly of Iron Age date. The final stone temple and the stone buildings in the enclosure probably date to the 2nd century. The associated pottery is mostly of 2nd century date or earlier, but the coin series continues to the 370's. Some 40m S of the enclosure the remains of a bathhouse were discovered, and other features noted so far include pits, ovens, ditches, floors and walls. Other finds include late Iron Age and 1st century Roman pottery, a bronze bull's-head bucket mount and two brooches. Excavations continuing. (1-4) Notes on excavations. (5-8)

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Source details : Council for British Archaeology Group 8 West Midlands Archaeology Newsletter 21 1978 55-60 Illust (P Booth & M.O.H Carver)
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Iron Age
Display Date : Iron Age
Monument End Date : 43
Monument Start Date : -800
Monument Type : Temple
Evidence : Sub Surface Deposit, Find

Monument Period Name : Roman
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Monument End Date : 370
Monument Start Date : 100
Monument Type : Settlement, Temple, Building, Pit, Shrine, Oven, Ditch, Floor, Wall, Enclosure, Structure, Bath House
Evidence : Sub Surface Deposit

Components and Objects:

Period : Iron Age
Component Monument Type : Temple
Object Type : VESSEL
Object Material : Pottery

Period : Roman
Component Monument Type : Settlement, Temple, Building, Pit, Shrine, Oven, Ditch, Floor, Wall, Enclosure, Structure, Bath House
Object Type : BROOCH, BUCKLE, VESSEL
Object Material : Pottery

Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Warwickshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 278
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SP 19 SE 19
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Related Activities :

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1978-01-01
End Date : 1980-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY
Start Date : 1978-01-01
End Date : 1978-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1983-01-01
End Date : 1994-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EVALUATION
Start Date : 2005-01-01
End Date : 2005-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 2006-01-01
End Date : 2008-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 332085