Information for record number MWA3027:
Earthworks N of New House Farm, Tomlow Road, Tomlow

Summary Several mounds are visible as earthworks. They are of unknown date and function. They are situated 300m south west of Tomlow Bridge.
What Is It?  
Type: Mound, Field System
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Leamington Hastings
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 45 64
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 Three raised mounds were reported at SP455699, but a site visit did not reveal them. These had been reported as the two burial mounds of Twam Low, the results of a stick of bombs, and by the farmer as anthill piles. However in the same field there are two irregular shaped mounds, one either side of a small spring or pool. The field has pronounced ridge and furrow and the mounds appear to be on top of this.
2 It was not possible to determine what these earthworks represent, though one may have been the result of earth being piled up after it had been removed to form the pool. See also WA 852.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Report of Field Meetings. Tomlow
Author/originator: Southam Local History Society
Date: 1974
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Site Visit
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Pehrson B
Date: 1983
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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
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 POOL * A small body of water, either natural or artificial. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument RIDGE AND FURROW * A series of long, raised ridges separated by ditches used to prepare the ground for arable cultivation. This was a technique, characteristic of the medieval period. back
monument PILE * Component: Use wider site type where known. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument FIELD SYSTEM * A group or complex of fields which appear to form a coherent whole. 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 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 SPRING * A point where water issues naturally from the rock or soil onto the ground or into a body of surface water. 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 EARTHWORK * A bank or mound of earth used as a rampart or fortification. back

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