Information for record number MWA2321:
Possible Long Barrow 400 NW of Tusbrook Farm

Summary The possible site of a Neolithic long barrow, a rectangular mound associated with the burial of human remains. The site is suggested by place-name evidence. It is situated 1km north east of Upper Brailes.
What Is It?  
Type: Long Barrow
Period: Early Neolithic - Early Bronze Age (4000 BC - 2351 BC)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Brailes
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 30 41
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 A 19th century map records the name long barrow field in the area around this grid reference.
2 The owner of Aylesmore Farm, says that "long barrow field" is the one centered at SP 3041 to the E of the road from Whatcote to Brailes. On a site visit on 15th March 1983 no trace of the long barrow was visible on the ground at any of the locations cited.
3 No trace of the long barrow on air photograph.
4 Plan of area on SMR card.
5 Portable Antiquities Scheme find provenance information: Date found: 2001-09-24T23:00:00Z Date found: 2002-09-15T23:00:00Z Date found: 2003-09-29T23:00:00Z Methods of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
6 Most of the evidence points to a location in the two fields to the north and east (SP310415 and SP309413) rather than the fields to the west and south
 
Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SP14NE
Author/originator: RAF
Date: 1947
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 42:14NE
   
Source No: 5
Source Type: Internet Data
Title: Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) Database
Author/originator: British Museum
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Source No: 4
Source Type: Plan
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Foster P W
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 2321
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Unpublished document
Author/originator: Tennant P
Date: 1987
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Foster P
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 2321
   
Source No: 6
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Personal Comment
Author/originator: Ben Wallace
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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 Neolithic About 4000 BC to 2351 BC

The word ‘Neolithic’ means ‘New Stone Age’. Archaeologists split up the Neolithic period into three phases; early, middle and late. The Neolithic period comes after the Mesolithic period and before the Bronze Age.

People in the Neolithic period hunted and gathered food as their ancestors had but they were also began to farm. They kept animals and grew crops. This meant that they were able to settle more permanently in one location instead of constantly moving from place to place to look for food.
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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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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument BURIAL * An interment of human or animal remains. Use specific type where known. If component use with wider site type. Use FUNERARY SITE for optimum retrieval in searches. back
monument HUMAN REMAINS * The unarticulated remains of the body of a human being. If articulated use inhumation. back
monument LONG BARROW * A rectangular or trapezoidal earthen mound of Neolithic date, usually accompanied by flanking or encircling ditches, and normally associated with human remains. Mound construction and associated features vary considerably in type and complexity. back
monument MOUND * A natural or artificial elevation of earth or stones, such as the earth heaped upon a grave. Use more specific type where known. back
monument FARM * A tract of land, often including a farmhouse and ancillary buildings, used for the purpose of cultivation and the rearing of livestock, etc. Use more specific type where known. back

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