Information for record number MWA19265:
Single pit alignment, c.200m South East of Coleshill

Summary A single pit alignment, visible running for at least 150m, is evident on Google Earth satellite imagery from 2006.
What Is It?  
Type: Pit Alignment
Period: Late Bronze Age - Late Iron Age (1200 BC - 42 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Coleshill
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 20 87
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Level of Protection Local
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1 A single pit alignment, visible running c.120m, is evident on Google Earth satellite imagery from 2006. It runs approx. NNE-SSW. Several other features are visible to the south, including a double pit alignment and trackway (see MWA19264).
2 Not visible on any other aerial photographs of this area and clearly was only visible on satellite imagery for a short window. Suggested as dating from Late Bronze Age to Late Iron Age.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Internet Data
Title: Google Earth Aerial and Street View
Author/originator: Google Earth
Date: 1945-present
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Pers. Comm. Giles Carey
Author/originator: G Carey
Date: 2009-2014
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technique Aerial Photograph Aerial photographs are taken during an aerial survey, which involves looking at the ground from above. It is usually easier to see cropmarks and earthworks when they are viewed from above. Aerial photographs help archaeologists to record what they see and to identify new sites. There are two kinds of aerial photographs; oblique and vertical. back
period Bronze Age About 2500 BC to 700 BC

The Bronze Age comes after the Neolithic period and before the Iron Age.

The day to day life of people in the Bronze Age probably changed little from how their ancestors had lived during the Neolithic period. They still lived in farmsteads, growing crops and rearing animals.

During the Bronze Age people discovered how to use bronze, an alloy of tin and copper (hence the name that has given to this era). They used it to make their tools and other objects, although they continued to use flint and a range of organic materials as well. A range of bronze axes, palstaves and spears has been found in Warwickshire.
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period Iron Age About 800 BC to 43 AD

The Iron Age comes after the Bronze Age and before the Roman period. It is a time when people developed the skills and knowledge to work and use iron, hence the name ‘Iron Age’ which is given to this period. Iron is a much tougher and more durable metal than bronze but it also requires more skill to make objects from it. People continued to use bronze during this period.
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monument FEATURE * Areas of indeterminate function. back
monument PIT ALIGNMENT * A single line, or pair of roughly parallel lines, of pits set at intervals along a common axis or series of axes. The pits are not thought to have held posts. back
monument TRACKWAY * A pathway, not necessarily designed as such, beaten down by the feet of travellers. back

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