Information for record number MWA12407:
Large oval earthwork feature, 600m to the South of Clifton on Dunsmore

Summary Large oval earthwork feature, identified from aerial photography and partly visible on the ground. It appears to consist of an external bank surrounding a hollowed interior. Undated.
What Is It?  
Type: Earthwork
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Clifton on Dunsmore
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 53 75
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1Large oval earthwork feature, identified from aerial photography and partly visible on the ground. It appears to consist of an external bank surrounding a hollowed interior. Undated. The northern end seems to have been remodelled since the 1899 OS map.
2 Visible on aerial photograph. Reproduced as Figure 12 in
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Sources
Source No:
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: Aerial photograph
Author/originator: MOD
Date: 1947
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Rugby Radio Station: An Archaeological Assessment
Author/originator: Nick Holder
Date: 2001
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Volume/Sheet:
   
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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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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 RADIO STATION * A building or group of buildings containing equipment capable of transmitting and receiving radio signals. Use BROADCASTING RADIO STATION for broadcasting establishments e.g. BBC Radio stations. back
monument EARTHWORK * A bank or mound of earth used as a rampart or fortification. back

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