Grimstock_Hill_Romano-British_settlement

Grimstock Hill Romano-British settlement

Grimstock Hill Romano-British settlement

Romano-British settlement site in Warwickshire

Grimstock Hill, located north of the River Cole in Coleshill, Warwickshire, was the site of a Romano-British settlement discovered in 1978. The site included a temple complex with evidence of a circular wooden Iron Age temple, later replaced by a stone-built temples of the Roman period, developed in two phases.[1] A settlement extending at least 450 metres (1,480 ft) was excavated to the south, with evidence including a bathhouse, ovens, ditches and walls.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Historic England. "Monument No. 332085". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 8 May 2011.

Further reading

  • Magilton, John (2006), "A Romano-Celtic temple and settlement at Grimstock Hill, Coleshill, Warwickshire", Transactions, Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society, vol. 110, pp. 1–231

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