Information for record number MWA13174:
Baginton Mill Weir 90 metres east of Baginton Mill

Summary Early 20th century mill weir with remains of 19th century or earlier wooden sluice. Associated with the water management features for Baginton mill.
What Is It?  
Type: Weir, Sluice Gate
Period: Imperial - Modern (1700 AD - 2012 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Baginton
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 34 75
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Level of Protection Local
Description

  
Source Number  

1 A watching brief carried out when the weir was demolished in February 2012 revealed remains of a 20th century weir and dam. Concrete wingwalls were uncovered which appear to date to 1950s or 1960s. The remains of an earlier wooden sluice gate probably dating to the 18th or 19th century was also noted.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Observation Report
Title: Baginton Mill Weirs, Baginton, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Coutts C M, Gethin B & Wright K
Date: 2012
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 1209
   
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period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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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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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument WEIR * A dam constructed on the reaches of a canal or river designed to retain the water and to regulate its flow. 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 FEATURE * Areas of indeterminate function. back
monument SLUICE * A dam which can be raised or lowered to regulate the flow of water. 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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