Information for record number MWA3101:
Possible Cropmarks N of Princethorpe Great Wood

Summary Various cropmarks of unknown date are visible on aerial photographs suggesting that this might be an archaeological site. The cropmarks are situated to the north of Princethorpe Great Wood.
What Is It?  
Type: Site
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Princethorpe
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 38 71
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Cropmarks recorded in this field.
2 Aerial photographs.
3 W J Ford's index records crop marks in this field. However, photographs kept by the Museum show no marks in this field other than those resulting from agricultural usage. No surface indications.
4 The Aerial photographsof this area held in the English Heritage photographic collection were examined as part of the National Mapping Project but the Cropmarks present on them were considered to be caused by modern agricultural practices and were not mapped.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title:
Author/originator: J Pickering
Date: 1962
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: SP4489 C/D/E/X
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Darkes G T
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 3101
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Unpublished document
Author/originator: Ford W J
Date:
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: SP 37
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Personal Comment
Author/originator: Laurence Chadd
Date: 12 Jan 2007
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Images:  
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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 Cropmark Cropmarks appear as light and dark marks in growing and ripening crops. These marks relate to differences in the soil below. For example, parched lines of grass may indicate stone walls. Crops that grow over stone features often ripen more quickly and are shorter than the surrounding crop. This is because there is less moisture in the soil where the wall lies.

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technique Aerial Photograph Aerial photographs are taken during an aerial survey, which involves looking at the ground from above. It is usually easier to see cropmarks and earthworks when they are viewed from above. Aerial photographs help archaeologists to record what they see and to identify new sites. There are two kinds of aerial photographs; oblique and vertical. back
period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument MUSEUM * A building, group of buildings or space within a building, where objects of value such as works of art, antiquities, scientific specimens, or other artefacts are housed and displayed. back
monument WOOD * A tract of land with trees, sometimes acting as a boundary or barrier, usually smaller and less wild than a forest. back
monument FORD * A shallow place in a river or other stretch of water, where people, animals and vehicles may cross. back

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