Information for record number MWA12596:
Stone field drains, possibly 17th century, NE of the church in Weddington

Summary A series of linear field drains constructed of local quarzite stone. Running north-south. Possibly 17th century as Dugdale recorded similar in 'The History of Imbanking and Drayning of Diverse Fenns and Marshes' 1662
What Is It?  
Type: Field Drain
Period: Post-medieval (1540 AD - 1750 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Admington
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 35 93
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 A stone field drain was initially discovered in an evaluation trench. The stone construction was identified as local quartzite by the excavator, Keith Scott.
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3 Geophysical survey using a Wenner Array was used by Alan Cook in 1997 to plot a series of stone field drains. They were estimated to be aligned north-south at 5.5 yds apart with at least 12 in the area to the NE of the church. The surveyor suggests that the type is similar to 17th century examples recorded by Dugdale in The History of Imbanking and Drayning of Diverse Fenns and Marshes in 1662.
 
Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Correspondence
Title: Email from Alan Cook on 23rd August 2011
Author/originator: Cook A F
Date: 2011
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Desk Top Study
Title: Factual study data and objections report
Author/originator: Cook A
Date: 2010
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Evaluation Report
Title: St James Church Development, Weddington
Author/originator: Scott, K
Date: 1997
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technique Geophysical Survey The measuring and recording of electrical resistivity or magnetism in order to determine the existence and outline of buried features such as walls and ditches. Geophysical techniques include resistivity survey, magnetometer survey and ground penetrating radar. View Image 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 STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument TRENCH * An excavation used as a means of concealment, protection or both. back
monument FIELD DRAIN * An unsocketed earthenware or porous concrete pipe laid end to end unjointed so as to drain the ground. back
monument MARSH * A low lying area of land that is usually waterlogged at all times and is flooded in wet weather. back

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