Information for record number MWA2010:
Undated Dam to N of Round Hill

Summary The site of a dam of unknown date. It may have been associated with some nearby fishponds. The remains of the dam are located 100m south west of the church at Butlers Marston.
What Is It?  
Type: Dam
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Butlers Marston
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 31 49
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 'Weirs' marked.
2 Nothing now remains except for some regular stones set into the banks of the stream and some lying in the stream bed. Possibly associated with fishponds (WA 2011).
3 No trace of this dam on 1m resolution lidar Although this really agrees with what
2 says.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: Map 1886
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1886
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 6" series
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: JC
Date: 1982
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 2012
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Pers. Comm.
Author/originator: B Gethin
Date: 2013 onwards
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
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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
monument WEIR * A dam constructed on the reaches of a canal or river designed to retain the water and to regulate its flow. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument FISHPOND * A pond used for the rearing, breeding, sorting and storing of fish. back
monument STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. 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 DAM * A barrier of concrete or earth, etc, built across a river to create a reservoir of water for domestic and/or industrial usage. back

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