Information for record number MWA12038:
Charcoal manufacturing sites in Curdworth Parish

Summary The remains of charcoal manufacturing sites appear as dark, roughly circular soil marks on aerial photographs near Dunton Hall, Curdworth.
What Is It?  
Type: Charcoal Burners Site
Period: Medieval - Industrial (1066 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Curdworth
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 19 93
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 The remains charcoal manufacturing sites appear as dark, roughly circular soil marks on aerial photographs near Dunton Hall, Curdworth mapped as part of English Heritage (EH) National Mapping Project (NMP).
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: RAF/82/771 Frame 190
Author/originator: RAF
Date: 24 APL 1953
Page Number: Frame 190
Volume/Sheet: RAF/82/771
   
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technique Aerial Photograph Aerial photographs are taken during an aerial survey, which involves looking at the ground from above. It is usually easier to see cropmarks and earthworks when they are viewed from above. Aerial photographs help archaeologists to record what they see and to identify new sites. There are two kinds of aerial photographs; oblique and vertical. back
period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument CHARCOAL BURNERS SITE * A site, often in a woodland clearing, used for the production of pure carbon by the controlled burning of wood and other organic materials. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back

* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)

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