Information for record number MWA311:
Enclosure off Maxstoke Lane, Coleshill

Summary A small enclosure of unknown date is visible as a crop mark on aerial photographs. It is situated 100m south of Maxtoke Lane, Coleshill.
What Is It?  
Type: Enclosure
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Maxstoke
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 20 88
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Appears to be a small oval enclosure with entrances on the north and south sides.
2 Aerial photograph shows this feature. There is no obvious explanation for this feature which resembles a running track.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SP2088/A
Author/originator: Pickering J P
Date: 1964
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: SMR card : text
Author/originator: JMG
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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 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
monument FEATURE * Areas of indeterminate function. back
monument OVAL ENCLOSURE * An oval shaped area of land enclosed by a boundary ditch, bank, wall, palisade or similar barrier. 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

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