Information for record number MWA1238:
Abandoned routeway/ holloway

Summary The route of an abandoned road or hollow way dating from the Medieval to the Imperial period. It ran from Ullenhall Lane towards Oldberrow and survives as an earthwork.
What Is It?  
Type: Road, Hollow Way
Period: Medieval - Industrial (1066 AD - 1900 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Studley
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 10 67
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 A road runs northwards through the parish from the former settlement of Warnap (WA 1245) at SP12 64, towards the road from Gorcott Hill to Ullenhall. It joined the latter near Oldberrow Lane Farm (SP0968). The road is clearly shown on all 19th century maps, and can still be followed on the ground. Holloways can be seen to the south of Bishops Farm at SP12 65, and to the North of the Outhill-Oldberrow road at SP10 66. The deepest holloways are at SP11 65, where the road is joined by another from Morton Bagot (WA 1241), and in Cadborough Coppice at SP11 66, where the road runs as a double holloway for a short distance. To the north of the present Outhill-Oldberrow road a footpath follows the line of this road, and there was a former roadside settlement at SP10 67 (WA 1236). At this point, laid stones have been observed along the line of the road.
2 Ecological management document, contains maps and photographs.
3 Part of this route running along the Oldberrow/ Morton Bagot boundary may be referred to as the 'ealde weg' (old way) in an Early Medieval charter (dated AD 709, though date probably spurious), though this reference could also be to the road running NE from Outhill, which it crosses. The road seems to have been the one called Stonie Lane in 1617.
4 Map illustrating the section of the route identified in
3.
 
Sources
Source No: 4
Source Type: Map
Title: Historic Landscape Assessment Routeway Maps
Author/originator: Hooke D
Date: 1999
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Parish File (Oldberrow)
Author/originator: Hooke D
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Management plan for the Old Lane, Oldberrow
Author/originator: O'Dell, J
Date: 1995
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Historic Landscape Assessment
Author/originator: Hooke D
Date: 1999
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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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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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period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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monument SETTLEMENT * A small concentration of dwellings. back
monument STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. back
monument BOUNDARY * The limit to an area as defined on a map or by a marker of some form, eg. BOUNDARY WALL. Use specific type where known. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument CROSS * A free-standing structure, in the form of a cross (+), symbolizing the structure on which Jesus Christ was crucified and sacred to the Christian faith. Use specific type where known. back
monument COPPICE * A managed small wood or thicket of underwood grown to be periodically cut to encourage new growth providing smaller timber. back
monument FOOTPATH * A path for pedestrians only. back
monument FARM * A tract of land, often including a farmhouse and ancillary buildings, used for the purpose of cultivation and the rearing of livestock, etc. Use more specific type where known. back
monument EARTHWORK * A bank or mound of earth used as a rampart or fortification. back
monument HOLLOW WAY * A way, path or road through a cutting. back

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