Information for record number MWA4110:
Site of Milestone 300m N of Thurlaston Bridge

Summary The site of a milestone dating to the Imperial period. It is marked on a map dating to 1797. The milestone was situated 600m north of Kites Hardwick.
What Is It?  
Type: Milestone
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Thurlaston
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 46 68
(Data represented on this map shows the current selected record as a single point, this is for illustrative purposes only and does not represent an accurate or complete representation of archaeological sites or features)
Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

 
Source Number  

1 Milestone marked.
2 It was impossible to locate this Milestone in the heavy undergrowth.
 
Sources

Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: Warwickshire
Author/originator: Yates
Date: 1797
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Site Visit
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Pehrson B
Date: 1983
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Glossary

 
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Description  
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 SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument MILESTONE * A stone set up on a road or path to mark the miles from or to a place. back

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