Information for record number MWA2316:
Traitor's Ford

Summary Traitor's Ford, a shallow point in a river where people and vehicles would have crossed. The Ford is of unknown date. It is situated 400m north west of Sharp's Hill.
What Is It?  
Type: Ford
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Brailes
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 33 36
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Ford marked.
2 Named 'Traitor's Ford'. This is a corruption of 'Traders Ford'.
3 The Ford has been canalised in brick and the bed of the stream concreted in modern times.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: E P N S
Author/originator:
Date: 1936
Page Number: 302
Volume/Sheet: Warwicks
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: Ascott
Author/originator:
Date: 1807
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Ascott
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: PWF
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 2387
   
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Glossary

 
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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
period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument STREAM * A natural flow or current of water issuing from a source. back
monument FORD * A shallow place in a river or other stretch of water, where people, animals and vehicles may cross. back

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