Information for record number MWA1211:
Dam 200m S of Dingle House Farm

Summary The site of an undated dam which forms a possible millpond. It is visible as an earthwork and is situated 600m west of Mows Hill Road.
What Is It?  
Type: Dam
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Tanworth in Arden
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 13 69
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 A dam standing in a more or less complete state and the water now flows through what might once have been a sluice gate. The pool created by this dam was quite extensive and would have been about 3m deep at its deepest. There is nothing to indicate its period or purpose. However, it does not appear to be for use as a fishpond and may have been used to provide a source of power.
2 The dam is 25m long and 2-3m high and held back a small stream that flowed down this valley and would have provided a sizeable head of water, falling some 15-20m over a length of 700m. The stream today flows through a gap in the E part of the dam. The use to which this water power could have been put is uncertain, but there are several documentary references to mills on the Alne (see PRN 1203, PRN 1212).
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: SAG
Author/originator: Ratcliffe J
Date: 1974
Page Number: 'The Dingles'
Volume/Sheet: 3
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: SAG
Author/originator: Perry J
Date: 1976
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 4
   
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Glossary

 
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technique Earthwork Earthworks can take the form of banks, ditches and mounds. They are usually created for a specific purpose. A bank, for example, might be the remains of a boundary between two or more fields. Some earthworks may be all that remains of a collapsed building, for example, the grassed-over remains of building foundations.

In the winter, when the sun is lower in the sky than during the other seasons, earthworks have larger shadows. From the air, archaeologists are able to see the patterns of the earthworks more easily. Earthworks can sometimes be confusing when viewed at ground level, but from above, the general plan is much clearer.

Archaeologists often carry out an aerial survey or an earthwork survey to help them understand the lumps and bumps they can see on the ground.
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monument POOL * A small body of water, either natural or artificial. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument FISHPOND * A pond used for the rearing, breeding, sorting and storing of fish. back
monument SLUICE GATE * The gate of a sluice which can be opened or shut to let out or retain the water. back
monument MILL * A factory used for processing raw materials. Use more specific mill type where known. See also TEXTILE MILL, for more narrow terms. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument STREAM * A natural flow or current of water issuing from a source. back
monument EARTHWORK * A bank or mound of earth used as a rampart or fortification. back
monument DAM * A barrier of concrete or earth, etc, built across a river to create a reservoir of water for domestic and/or industrial usage. back

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