Information for record number MWA4244:
Undated Cemetery at Railway Covert

Summary The site of a cemetery of unknown date. The cemetery was discovered during the construction of a railway cutting. The site lies 600m north east of Little Walton.
What Is It?  
Type: Cemetery, Inhumation, Funerary Site
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Monks Kirby
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 49 83
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 About a mile towards Willey from Cestersover the railway cut through an ancient burial place. The graves were filled with dark coloured sand, apparently brought from a distance. The bones were tinged with with a peculiar red colour, and were flint-like in structure, probably owing to the action of petrifying springs in the neighbourhood.
2 The above grid reference is likely.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: TBAS 1872
Author/originator: Burgess J T
Date: 1872
Page Number: 84-5
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Thomson D J
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 4402
   
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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
source TBAS Transactions of the Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society is a journal produced by the society annually. It contains articles about archaeological field work that has taken place in Birmingham and Warwickshire in previous years. Copies of the journal are kept by the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument INHUMATION * An interment of unburnt, articulated human remains. Use specific type where known. back
monument GRAVE * A place of burial. Use more specific type where known. back
monument CEMETERY * An area of ground, set apart for the burial of the dead. back
monument BURIAL * An interment of human or animal remains. Use specific type where known. If component use with wider site type. Use FUNERARY SITE for optimum retrieval in searches. back
monument FUNERARY SITE * Site types normally or frequently associated with burials which in some instances may have had solely religious or ritual functions. back
monument STRUCTURE * A construction of unknown function, either extant or implied by archaeological evidence. If known, use more specific type. back
monument RAILWAY CUTTING * A man-made trough or valley through a hill, carrying at its base a railway. back
monument SPRING * A point where water issues naturally from the rock or soil onto the ground or into a body of surface water. back
monument RAILWAY * A line or track consisting of iron or steel rails, on which passenger carriages or goods wagons are moved, usually by a locomotive engine. back

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