Information for record number MWA1558:
Modern Memorial to Battle of Edge Hill

Summary A commemorative monument which is of modern date. The monument is a stone pillar which commemorates the Battle of Edge Hill. It is situated by the side of the road between Kineton and Radway.
What Is It?  
Type: Commemorative Monument
Period: Modern (1914 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Kineton
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 35 50
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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Description

  
Source Number  

1 Memorial pillar to the battle of Edgehill (1642). Erected by Warwickshire County Council, 1949.
2 Photographed in 1979.
3 Original source material about the erection of the monument.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: 44NE
Author/originator: JMM
Date:
Page Number: 44NE
Volume/Sheet: Annotated Map
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Photograph
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: SMW
Date: 1979
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 948
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Edgehill Battle Monument
Author/originator: WCC
Date: 1994-6
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Images:  
The commemorative monument to the Battle of Edgehill which stands between Kineton and Radway
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 1950s
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The commemorative monument to the Battle of Edgehill which stands between Kineton and Radway
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 1950s
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source SMR Card Sites and Monuments Record Card. The Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record began to be developed during the 1970s. The details of individual archaeological sites and findspots were written on record cards. These record cards were used until the 1990s, when their details were entered on to a computerised system. The record cards are still kept at the office of the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
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 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 STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. back
monument COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT * A building, structure or landscape created to commemorate a person or event. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back

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