Grimstock Hill Romano-British settlement

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 400 metres (1,300 ft) was excavated to the south, with evidence including a bathhouse, ovens, ditches and walls.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Monument No. 332085". PastScape. English Heritage. Retrieved 2011-05-08.

Further reading

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

Coordinates: 52°30′43″N 1°42′50″W / 52.512°N 1.714°W / 52.512; -1.714

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