Information for record number MWA12057:
Linear feature and pit alignment

Summary A Linear feature and pit alignment are evient on aerial photographs. The features are located 300m to the north of Old Hare Covert
What Is It?  
Type: Linear Feature, Pit Alignment
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Brandon and Bretford
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 38 75
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Level of Protection Local
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Undated linear feature and pit alignmen tshows on aerial photographs. It is possiblythat these featues extended to the E but have been destroyed by gravel extraction. The features were mapped as part of the English Heritage (EH) National Mapping Project (NMP)
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SP3875 Frame 2
Author/originator: J Pickering
Date:
Page Number: Frame 2
Volume/Sheet: SP3875
   
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Glossary

 
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Description  
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
monument FEATURE * Areas of indeterminate function. back
monument PIT * A hole or cavity in the ground, either natural or the result of excavation. Use more specific type where known. back
monument PIT ALIGNMENT * A single line, or pair of roughly parallel lines, of pits set at intervals along a common axis or series of axes. The pits are not thought to have held posts. back
monument LINEAR FEATURE * A length of straight, curved or angled earthwork or cropmark of uncertain date or function. back

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