Information for record number MWA1762:
Quarry at Norton Lindsey

Summary Earthworks visible on the ground represent the remains of a quarry. Previously it was thought that this may be the remains of a deserted settlement of unknown date. The site is located 200m north of the tennis courts, Norton Lindsey.
What Is It?  
Type: Quarry, Deserted Settlement
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Norton Lindsey
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 22 63
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Bumps and minor earthworks in the field between Norton Paddox and New Road may possibly indicate settlement at one time.
2 Probably a quarry.
3 A 'gravel pit' is visible on Ordnance Survey mapping from at least 1880.
 
Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Map
Title: First Edition
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1886
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: GTD
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 3439
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: R.C.Hingley personal comment
Author/originator: Hingley R C
Date: 1989
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Glossary

 
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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
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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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument SETTLEMENT * A small concentration of dwellings. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument TENNIS COURT * A prepared area, traditionally grass, where tennis is played. back
monument DESERTED SETTLEMENT * An abandoned settlement, usually of the Medieval period, often visible only as earthworks or on aerial photographs. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument GRAVEL PIT * A steep-sided pit formed by, and for, the extraction of gravel. 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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