Information for record number MWA13383:
Ditch, Winton Hall School

Summary A ditch 0.5m to the north of the terminus for ditch, cutting through natural deposits and running from the north-eastern edge of the excavation area. Maximum of 1.55m wide and 0.15m deep. Contained a grey-brown sandy clay with five sherds of 17th-18th century pottery.
What Is It?  
Type: Ditch
Period: Post-medieval (1540 AD - 1750 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Dunchurch
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 48 71
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Level of Protection Local
Description

  
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1 A ditch 0.5m to the north of the terminus for ditch, cutting through natural deposits and running from the north-eastern edge of the excavation area for a length of c. 9.4m before being disturbed by heavy rooting. Maximum of 1.55m wide and 0.15m deep. Contained a grey-brown sandy clay with five sherds of 17th-18th century pottery.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Observation Report
Title: Winton Hall School, Southam Road, Dunchurch, Warwickshire: Archaeological Salvage Recording
Author/originator: Beamish H
Date: 1996
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 96437
   
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Glossary

 
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technique excavation Archaeologists excavate sites so that they can find information and recover archaeological materials before they are destroyed by erosion, construction or changes in land-use.

Depending on how complicated and widespread the archaeological deposits are, excavation can be done by hand or with heavy machinery. Archaeologists may excavate a site in a number of ways; either by open area excavation, by digging a test pit or a trial trench.
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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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monument SCHOOL * An establishment in which people, usually children, are taught. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument DITCH * A long and narrow hollow or trench dug in the ground, often used to carry water though it may be dry for much of the year. back

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