Information for record number MWA1323:
Deserted Settlement 100m NW of Church

Summary The site of a deserted settlement dating to the Imperial period. It is located 100m north west of the church, Morton Bagot.
What Is It?  
Type: Deserted Settlement
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Morton Bagot
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 11 64
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Church Green was an area of common land and remained unenclosed until 1807. In 1807 two small houses stood in the small field to the NW of the Church. They were simple 'one room up, one room down' buildings of brick and of relatively modern construction. Part of one of them remains, having been used as a pigsty in recent years. Beside the Studley Road, on the margin of a marshy hollow, stood the school in 1874. This was probably disused by 1888. Additional buildings stood NE of Church Green. An estate map of 1820 shows three buildings here, of which one appears to be a house.
2 An estate map of 1820 shows three buildings here, of which one appears to be a house.
3 The polygon was edited to incorporate earthworks recorded in
2. This includes possible buildings sites to the east and linear earthworks to the south.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Desk Top Study
Title: Church Green, Morton Bagot
Author/originator: Hooke D
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Plan
Title: Church Green, Morton Bagot
Author/originator: Hooke, D
Date: 1820
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Pers. Comm. Giles Carey
Author/originator: G Carey
Date: 2009-2014
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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 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 HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument HOLLOW * A hollow, concave formation or place, which has sometimes been dug out. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument SCHOOL * An establishment in which people, usually children, are taught. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument COMMON LAND * Unenclosed wasteland, forest and pasture used in common by the community. back
monument PIGSTY * An enclosure for pigs that includes a covered pen and yard. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more 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 DESERTED SETTLEMENT * An abandoned settlement, usually of the Medieval period, often visible only as earthworks or on aerial photographs. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument LINEAR EARTHWORK * A substantial bank and ditch forming a major boundary between two adjacent landholdings. Most date from the late Bronze Age and Iron Age. back
monument MARSH * A low lying area of land that is usually waterlogged at all times and is flooded in wet weather. back
monument EARTHWORK * A bank or mound of earth used as a rampart or fortification. back

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