Information for record number MWA19258:
Cropmark features, c.650m to the West of Priors Marston

Summary A series of lienar features identifiable as cropmarks on Google Earth imagery. Their date and function is uncertain.
What Is It?  
Type: Linear Feature
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Priors Marston
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 48 57
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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2 Cropmarks were identified by the AOC Assessment of Local Services Villages for Stratford-on-Avon District Council in 2012 from Google Earth satellite imagery.
3 On the 1945 Google Earth imagery this feature appears to survive as a bank, ?overlain by ridge and furrow, but subsequently is only visible as a Cropmark. Date and function uncertain.
 
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
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Internet Data
Title: Google Earth Aerial and Street View
Author/originator: Google Earth
Date: 1945-present
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Pers. Comm. Giles Carey
Author/originator: G Carey
Date: 2009-2014
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Glossary

 
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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.

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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 RIDGE AND FURROW * A series of long, raised ridges separated by ditches used to prepare the ground for arable cultivation. This was a technique, characteristic of the medieval period. back
monument FEATURE * Areas of indeterminate function. back
monument LINEAR FEATURE * A length of straight, curved or angled earthwork or cropmark of uncertain date or function. back

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