Information for record number MWA3509:
Possible Quarry to E of Brockhurst Lane, Monks Kirby

Summary The possible site of a limestone quarry dating back to at least the Imperial period. The quarry is marked on a tithe award map of 1842. The site is located 1km north east of Monks Kirby.
What Is It?  
Type: Quarry, Limestone Quarry
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Monks Kirby
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 47 83
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 On the 1842 tithe map, two fields are called Small Lime Pits, and Lime Pits, while a much smaller field to the south is called Nearer Lime Pits: a number of old sand pits are to be found in the vicinity, but no actual mention of lime Pits is given.
2 Nothing is visible on the ground.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: Tithe Map
Author/originator:
Date: 1842
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: CR 569/126/1
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Site Visit
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Thompson D J
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 3264
   
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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
period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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monument LIMESTONE QUARRY * A site where limestone is extracted. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument SAND PIT * A pit from which sand is excavated. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. 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 FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument QUARRY * An excavation from which stone for building and other functions, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc. back

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