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Grimstock Hill Romano-British settlement

Romano-British settlement in Coleshill, Warwickshire

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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. A settlement extending at least 450 metres (1,480 ft) was excavated to the south, with evidence including a bathhouse, ovens, ditches and walls.

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1978

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DitchesDefensive Walls
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Public Baths
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Temples
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Ovens
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Coordinates

52.51° N, -1.71° E