Information for record number MWA2008:
Post Medieval Ponds to W of Church

Summary Two Post Medieval ponds which are marked on an estate map of 1752. Some earthworks survive, and are situated 150m west of the church at Butlers Marston.
What Is It?  
Type: Pond
Period: Post-medieval (1540 AD - 1750 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Butlers Marston
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 31 49
(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 National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 A dyke about 0.6m - 0.9m high (ie a bank) follows the stream to the W of Butlers Marston Rectory, enclosing an area containing two large rectilinear hollows divided by a raised strip running N-S.
2 Photographed in 1982.
3 On a map two ornamental ponds are shown at this location.
4 Although these might not be the ponds referred to, the monument has been moved to a place where two ponds are certainly visible as before it merely covered an un-dammed section of the main brook through Butler's Marston. The southern pond is most likely 17th century, just possibly later 16th. The northern pond is probably a similar date but might also be originally medieval. Both ponds noted from lidar imagery. They have been drawn from the HER air photo layers.
 
Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Map
Title: J Wright Estate
Author/originator:
Date: 1732
Page Number: Z130(U)
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Photograph
Title: Nine links
Author/originator: JC
Date: 1982
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 2022
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: JC
Date: 1982
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 2012
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Pers. Comm.
Author/originator: B Gethin
Date: 2013 onwards
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Images:  
There are no images associated with this record.  
back to top

Glossary

 
Word or Phrase
Description  
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.
 		back
period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
more -> 		back
period Post Medieval About 1540 AD to 1750 AD (the 16th century AD to the 18th century AD)

The Post Medieval period comes after the medieval period and before the Imperial period.

This period covers the second half of the reign of the Tudors (1485 – 1603), the reign of the Stuarts (1603 – 1702) and the beginning of the reign of the Hannoverians (1714 – 1836).
more -> 		back
monument LAYER * An archaeological unit of soil in a horizontal plane which may seal features or be cut through by other features. back
monument HOLLOW * A hollow, concave formation or place, which has sometimes been dug out. back
monument ORNAMENTAL POND * A small artificial pond of water often found in parks and gardens, for decorative purposes. back
monument POND * A body of still water often artificially formed for a specific purpose. Use specifc type where known. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument STREAM * A natural flow or current of water issuing from a source. back
monument EARTHWORK * A bank or mound of earth used as a rampart or fortification. back

* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)

English Heritage National Monuments Record