Information for record number MWA1497:
Site of Undated Settlement 600m NW of Church

Summary The possible site of a settlement. Enclosures, pits, ditches, and a possible field system are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. Its date is uncertain, but it could be Iron Age. The features are situated 500m north west of the church at Salford Priors.
What Is It?  
Type: Settlement, Enclosure, Linear Feature, Pit, Gully
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Salford Priors
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 07 51
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Picture(s) attached

  
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Aerial Photograph
2 A double ditched rectangular enclosure about 60m x 30m with a narrow entrance through both ditches on the SE. Inside the enclosure are two adjoining enclosures - one penannular gully with an entrance to the SE and one irregular. Also inside the enclosure is a scatter of pits. Also traces of a possible field system exist to the S (MWA6291). On morphological grounds this site is probably of Iron Age date.
3 Note, as above.
4
5enclosures and ditches mapped as part of the English Heritage National Mapping Project.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title:
Author/originator: J Pickering
Date: 1962
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: SP4489 C/D/E/X
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SP0751 Frame 28
Author/originator: EH
Date: 20 Jul 2000
Page Number: Frame 28
Volume/Sheet: SP0751
   
Source No: 5
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SP0751 Frame 06
Author/originator: Baker A
Date: 1962
Page Number: Frame 06
Volume/Sheet: SP0751
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Serial
Title: Archaeological Journal 1964
Author/originator: Webster G and Hobley B
Date: 1964
Page Number: 22
Volume/Sheet: 121
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: R.C. Hingley personal comments
Author/originator: R C Hingley
Date:
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Images:  
A possible settlement site visible as a cropmark to the north west of Salford Priors
Copyright: WA Baker
Date: 1962
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Glossary

 
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Description  
technique Cropmark Cropmarks appear as light and dark marks in growing and ripening crops. These marks relate to differences in the soil below. For example, parched lines of grass may indicate stone walls. Crops that grow over stone features often ripen more quickly and are shorter than the surrounding crop. This is because there is less moisture in the soil where the wall lies.

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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
period Iron Age About 800 BC to 43 AD

The Iron Age comes after the Bronze Age and before the Roman period. It is a time when people developed the skills and knowledge to work and use iron, hence the name ‘Iron Age’ which is given to this period. Iron is a much tougher and more durable metal than bronze but it also requires more skill to make objects from it. People continued to use bronze during this period.
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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument SETTLEMENT * A small concentration of dwellings. back
monument FEATURE * Areas of indeterminate function. back
monument RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE * A rectangular shaped area of land enclosed by a boundary ditch, bank, wall, palisade or similar barrier. back
monument GULLY * A deep gutter, drain or sink. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument PIT * A hole or cavity in the ground, either natural or the result of excavation. Use more specific type where known. back
monument LINEAR FEATURE * A length of straight, curved or angled earthwork or cropmark of uncertain date or function. back
monument FIELD SYSTEM * A group or complex of fields which appear to form a coherent whole. Use more specific type where known. back
monument ENCLOSURE * An area of land enclosed by a boundary ditch, bank, wall, palisade or other similar barrier. Use specific type where known. 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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