Information for record number MWA2672:
Site of Poss Neolithic Settlement 300m NE of Mill

Summary The excavation of a ring ditch uncovered nine shallow storage pits of Neolithic date, together with sherds of Neolithic pottery. The features are suggestive of a settlement. The site is 300m north east of Baginton Bridge.
What Is It?  
Type: Settlement, Pit
Period: Neolithic (4000 BC - 2201 BC)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Baginton
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 34 75
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 1968: Rescue excavation on a ring ditch (PRN 6079) in advance of bypass construction revealed Neolithic features. The site is on a gently rising hillock just above the flood plain. A cluster of nine shallow hollows which are similar in size and shape to storage hollows on Neolithic sites. hollow 1 produced sherds of Early Neolithic pottery. 31 sherds were recovered; these are similar to the Neolithic sherds from Warwick. The hollows were probably originally for storage.
2 Plan.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Excavation Report
Title: TBAS vol 84
Author/originator: Hobley B
Date: 1967
Page Number: 1-6
Volume/Sheet: 84
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Plan
Title: TBAS vol 84
Author/originator: Hobley B
Date: 1967
Page Number: Fig 2
Volume/Sheet: 84
   
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Glossary

 
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source TBAS Transactions of the Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society is a journal produced by the society annually. It contains articles about archaeological field work that has taken place in Birmingham and Warwickshire in previous years. Copies of the journal are kept by the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
technique excavation Archaeologists excavate sites so that they can find information and recover archaeological materials before they are destroyed by erosion, construction or changes in land-use.

Depending on how complicated and widespread the archaeological deposits are, excavation can be done by hand or with heavy machinery. Archaeologists may excavate a site in a number of ways; either by open area excavation, by digging a test pit or a trial trench.
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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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monument HOLLOW * A hollow, concave formation or place, which has sometimes been dug out. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument SETTLEMENT * A small concentration of dwellings. back
monument FEATURE * Areas of indeterminate function. back
monument PIT * A hole or cavity in the ground, either natural or the result of excavation. Use more specific type where known. back
monument BRIDGE * A structure of wood, stone, iron, brick or concrete, etc, with one or more intervals under it to span a river or other space. Use specific type where known. back
monument RING DITCH * Circular or near circular ditches, usually seen as cropmarks. Use the term where the function is unknown. Ring ditches may be the remains of ploughed out round barrows, round houses, or of modern features such as searchlight emplacements. back
monument STORAGE PIT * A pit dug in the ground used to store meat, grain and other foodstuffs. A common feature of Iron Age farms. back

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