Information for record number MWA19237:
Possible cropmarks, Bishop's Itchington

Summary Possible cropmarks identified on Google Earth c.1945. On further inspection these are not convincing; any suggestions of features here are more likely associated with damage to the original photograph.
What Is It?  
Type: Settlement?, Non Antiquity
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Bishops Itchington
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 39 57
(Data represented on this map shows the current selected record as a single point, this is for illustrative purposes only and does not represent an accurate or complete representation of archaeological sites or features)
Level of Protection Local
Description

  
Source Number  

1
2 A series of cropmarks were identified on Google Earth imagery from 1945 at the bend of the River Itchen to the east of Bishop's Itchington, by the AOC Assessment of Local Services Villages for Stratford-on-Avon District Council in 2012.
3 These 'cropmarks' are not convincing; any suggestions of features here are more likely associated with damage to the original photograph.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Desk Top Study
Title: Historic Environment Assessment of Local Service Villages, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Carter, H and MacQuarrie, H
Date: 2012
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Internet Data
Title: Google Earth Aerial and Street View
Author/originator: Google Earth
Date: 1945-present
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Pers. Comm. Giles Carey
Author/originator: G Carey
Date: 2009-2014
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Images:  
There are no images associated with this record.  
back to top

Glossary

 
Word or Phrase
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.

more -> 		back
monument VILLAGE * A collection of dwelling-houses and other buildings, usually larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a simpler organisation and administration than the latter. back
monument SETTLEMENT * A small concentration of dwellings. back
monument NON ANTIQUITY * Use to identify a feature, previously thought to be a monument but now disproved, or to avoid erroneous identification as a monument in future. Where a feature is regarded as an antiquity, but is unclassified, use SITE. back
monument FEATURE * Areas of indeterminate function. back

* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)

English Heritage National Monuments Record