Information for record number MWA2380:
Suggested site of pagan Saxon temple on Harrow Hill, Long Compton

Summary The suggested site of a pagan temple on Harrow Hill, the name 'Harrow' possibly refers to a place of worship. There are no earthworks present, but the site may date to the Migration Period.
What Is It?  
Type: Temple
Period: Migration (410 AD - 800 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Long Compton
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 28 33
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 This is possibly the site of a pagan saxon temple on Harrow Hill. The name 'Harrow' may indicate ancient heathen worship ('hearg') on the hill.
2 The field in which the temple may have been sited is down to grass. There is nothing to be seen on the surface.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: The Place-Names of Warwickshire (EPNS)
Author/originator: Mawer, A. and Stenton, F.M. (eds)
Date: 1936
Page Number: 83
Volume/Sheet: Warwicks
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Site Visit
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: PWF
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 2380
   
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source EPNS The Journal of the English Place-Name Society. The English Place-Name Society was founded in 1923 to carry out a survey of English place-names. Its journal contains reports as well as articles about place-names or specific place-name studies, book reviews and bibliographies. The journal is published annually. Individual volumes also exist for most counties; that for Warwickshire was published in 1936. back
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.
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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument PLACE OF WORSHIP * A place where appropriate acts, rites and ceremonies are performed to honour or revere a supernatural being, power or holy entity. Use specific type where known. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument TEMPLE * Use for places of worship. For later landscape features use, eg. GARDEN TEMPLE. back
monument EARTHWORK * A bank or mound of earth used as a rampart or fortification. back

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