Information for record number MWA1623:
Undated human burials NE of the Church, Wootton Wawen

Summary The site of the burial of a male and a female skeleton. They were discovered in the 19th century. The burials themselves are undated. The site is located 250m north east of the church, Wootton Wawen.
What Is It?  
Type: Burial, Inhumation
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Wootton Wawen
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 15 63
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Mention is made of a male and female skeleton found in 1861 when the old dairy was pulled down. The skeletons were in a doubled-up position and accompanied by what appeared to be the remains of a box in which they were buried.
2 Noted by Ordnance Survey.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Wootton Wawen
Author/originator: Cooper W
Date: 1936
Page Number: 74
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: OS Card 25NE6
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1968
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Volume/Sheet:
   
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source OS Card Ordnance Survey Record Card. Before the 1970s the Ordnance Survey (OS) were responsible for recording archaeological monuments during mapping exercises. This helped the Ordnance Survey to decide which monuments to publish on maps. During these exercises the details of the monuments were written down on record cards. Copies of some of the cards are kept at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. The responsibility for recording archaeological monuments later passed to the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument INHUMATION * An interment of unburnt, articulated human remains. Use specific type where known. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument DAIRY * A building or group of buildings used for the making, processing, storing and selling of milk and other dairy products. back
monument BURIAL * An interment of human or animal remains. Use specific type where known. If component use with wider site type. Use FUNERARY SITE for optimum retrieval in searches. back

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