Information for record number MWA314:
Crop Mark Linear Feature 300m SE of Lower Farm, Kingsbury

Summary Linear features, possibly forming enclosures, are visible as crop marks on aerial photographs. They are of unknown date and are situated 200m northwest of Bodymoor Heath Bridge.
What Is It?  
Type: Linear Feature, Field System
Period: Late Bronze Age - Late Iron Age (1200 BC - 42 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Kingsbury
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 19 96
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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2 Linear features, possibly forming enclosures, show on aerial photographs as crop marks.
3 Linear crop marks showing on aerial photographs mapped as part of English Heritage (EH) National Mapping Project (NMP)
4 Recorded as Late Bronze Age and Iron Age field system. Grid reference given of SP197965.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SP2854
Author/originator: Pickering J
Date:
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: SP2854 A-D, J-S
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SP 1996/1 Frame 1
Author/originator: J Pickering
Date: Jul 1966
Page Number: Frame 1
Volume/Sheet: SP 1996/1
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Settlement & Land Use in Sutton Chase
Author/originator: Hodder M
Date: 1988
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: R. Hingley personal comment.
Author/originator: Hingley R
Date: 1988
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
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Glossary

 
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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 Bronze Age About 2500 BC to 700 BC

The Bronze Age comes after the Neolithic period and before the Iron Age.

The day to day life of people in the Bronze Age probably changed little from how their ancestors had lived during the Neolithic period. They still lived in farmsteads, growing crops and rearing animals.

During the Bronze Age people discovered how to use bronze, an alloy of tin and copper (hence the name that has given to this era). They used it to make their tools and other objects, although they continued to use flint and a range of organic materials as well. A range of bronze axes, palstaves and spears has been found in Warwickshire.
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period Iron Age About 800 BC to 43 AD

The Iron Age comes after the Bronze Age and before the Roman period. It is a time when people developed the skills and knowledge to work and use iron, hence the name ‘Iron Age’ which is given to this period. Iron is a much tougher and more durable metal than bronze but it also requires more skill to make objects from it. People continued to use bronze during this period.
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monument SETTLEMENT * A small concentration of dwellings. back
monument LINEAR FEATURE * A length of straight, curved or angled earthwork or cropmark of uncertain date or function. 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 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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