Information for record number MWA3731:
Undated linear features

Summary Several linear features of unknown date are visible on aerial photographs. They are situated 500m north west of Birchley Wood.
What Is It?  
Type: Linear Feature
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Combe Fields
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 40 78
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

2 Linear marks showing on aerial photographs are probably not of archaeological origin.
3 These features appear to be the same as those mapped by the National Mapping Programme (see MWA12386).
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SK2403
Author/originator: JP
Date: 1979
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: SK2403 A-C
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Pers. Comm. Giles Carey
Author/originator: G Carey
Date: 2009-2014
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: R.C. Hingley personal comments
Author/originator: R C Hingley
Date:
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Glossary

 
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Description  
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 LINEAR FEATURE * A length of straight, curved or angled earthwork or cropmark of uncertain date or function. 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

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