Information for record number MWA3730:
Site of earlier route of Oxford Canal

Summary The site of a disused canal, a waterway used for the transporting of goods. This was the earlier route of the Oxford canal. It dates from the Imperial period and was situated south of Hopsford. It is visible as an earthwork and is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886.
What Is It?  
Type: Canal
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Ansty
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 42 83
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 Part of the former course of the Oxford canal is marked on an OS map of 1886.
2 The route can already be seen on an estate map from 1823.
3 Some of the earthworks still exist, but a large percentage disappeared when the M6 motorway was built.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: 1st Ed 25" 1886
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1886
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Map
Title: Survey of the Wark. Estates of the Earl of Craven
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Date: 1823
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Source No: 3
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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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 SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument CANAL * An artificial navigable waterway used for the transportation of goods. Nowadays also used for recreational purposes. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument MOTORWAY * Fast arterial road with separate carriageways limited to motor vehicles back
monument EARTHWORK * A bank or mound of earth used as a rampart or fortification. back

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