Information for record number MWA392:
Possible Enclosure(s) E of Bull Inn, Mancetter.

Summary An enclosure of unknown date is visible as a crop mark on aerial photographs. It is situated 330m south east of the Bull Inn, Mancetter.
What Is It?  
Type: Rectangular Enclosure
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Mancetter
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 33 96
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 Possible enclosure(s) are just visible on aerial photographs.
2 A roughly rectangular enclosure on the north side of Watling Street. The enclosure bulges out on the south side, towards the Watling Street.
3 This cropmark appears to represent the remains of ridge and furrow.
4 cropmark(s) too vague to plot accurately. Ref
3 may refer only to ridge and furrow apparent on AP's, and not to the cropmark(s). Needs further investigation.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SP2149
Author/originator: Pickering J
Date: 1975
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Volume/Sheet: SP2149:C
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: SMR card : text
Author/originator: JMG
Date:
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: SMR card : text
Author/originator: JMG
Date:
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Source No: 4
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Unpublished document
Author/originator: Stevens C
Date: 1997
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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 Cropmark Cropmarks appear as light and dark marks in growing and ripening crops. These marks relate to differences in the soil below. For example, parched lines of grass may indicate stone walls. Crops that grow over stone features often ripen more quickly and are shorter than the surrounding crop. This is because there is less moisture in the soil where the wall lies.

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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
monument INN * A public house for the lodging and entertainment of travellers, etc. back
monument RIDGE AND FURROW * A series of long, raised ridges separated by ditches used to prepare the ground for arable cultivation. This was a technique, characteristic of the medieval period. back
monument RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE * A rectangular 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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