Information for record number MWA12197:
Circular bank with parrallel banks extending to north in parish of Long Compton

Summary A circular bank with a pair of parallel banks extending from it to the north east is visible on aerial photographs.
What Is It?  
Type: Windmill Mound, Reservoir
Period: Post-medieval (1540 AD - 1750 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Long Compton
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 28 31
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 A circular bank with a pair of parallel banks extending from it to the north east visible on aerial photographs was mapped as part of the English Heritage National Mapping Project.
2 It is not possible to identify the feature from the aerial photographs. Suggesstions are that it is the remains of a wind mill with a raised track leading to it or a small reservoir.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: CPE UK 1929 Frame 3132
Author/originator: RAF
Date: 16 Jan 1947
Page Number: Frame 3132
Volume/Sheet: CPE UK 1929
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Pers Com
Author/originator:
Date: 2007
Page Number:
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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 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 FEATURE * Areas of indeterminate function. back
monument WINDMILL MOUND * An artificial mound of earth indicating either the former site of a windmill or built as the base of a post windmill. back
monument RESERVOIR * A large natural or artificial body of water, sometimes covered, used to collect and store water for a particular function, eg. industrial or public use. back

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