Information for record number MWA2635:
Probable Clay Pit at Haseley

Summary The possible site of a clay pit dating to at least the Imperial period. The site is located 600m south east of Haseley. Field names suggest it might have been a marl pit.
What Is It?  
Type: Clay Pit, Marl Pit?
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Beausale
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 23 68
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Marked on all but the most recent OS maps, as a scarped depression just north of the road in its own small, wooded enclosure. On frist edition of OS 6" map as 'old clay pit'.
2 On the 1841 tithe map an adjoining field is called Marl Pit Close.
3 The site visit discovered that this situation had greatly changed and now the only signs of any quarry were two shallow scarps in the corner of an arable field.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: Maps of 1886, 1905, 1948 CRO
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Map
Title: Haseley Parish Tithe Maps
Author/originator:
Date: 1841
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: CR 569_125
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Site Visit
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Thompson D J
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 3264
   
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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 Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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monument CLAY PIT * A place from which clay is extracted. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument MARL PIT * A pit from which marl, a mixture of clay and carbonate of lime, is excavated. Marl is used as a fertilizer. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument ENCLOSURE * An area of land enclosed by a boundary ditch, bank, wall, palisade or other similar barrier. Use specific type where known. back
monument SIGN * A board, wall painting or other structure displaying advice, giving information or directions back
monument QUARRY * An excavation from which stone for building and other functions, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc. back
monument SCARP * A steep bank or slope. In fortifications, the bank or wall immediately in front of and below the rampart. back

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