Information for record number MWA1628:
Imperial quarry site

Summary The site of a quarry dating to the Imperial period. It is marked on the 1776 Enclosure Map. Earthworks are still visible as rough ground 700m north east of Bascote Bridge.
What Is It?  
Type: Quarry, Gravel Pit
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Long Itchington
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 40 64
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 In the 1776 Enclosure Award for Long Itchington, two public stone pits and gravel pits were nominated. 1 was on Bascote Heath and the site is still traceable as rough ground at the above grid reference.
2 1776 Enclosure Map.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Early quarries of Long Itchington
Author/originator: Usher H
Date: 1977
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Map
Title: Enclosure Award
Author/originator:
Date: 1776
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Long Itchington
   
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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 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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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. 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 BRIDGE * A structure of wood, stone, iron, brick or concrete, etc, with one or more intervals under it to span a river or other space. Use specific type where known. back
monument GRAVEL PIT * A steep-sided pit formed by, and for, the extraction of gravel. 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 QUARRY * An excavation from which stone for building and other functions, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc. back
monument EARTHWORK * A bank or mound of earth used as a rampart or fortification. back

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