Information for record number MWA4583:
Disused Quarry at Grove Farm, Bishops Tachbrook

Summary A scatter of modern building debris suggests that the material may have been dumped into an earlier hollow or quarry of unknown date. It is located 800m north west of Tatchbrook Mallory.
What Is It?  
Type: Quarry
Period: Modern (1880 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Bishops Tachbrook
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 31 62
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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Description

  
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1 A scatter of Modern brick, tile and slate may indicate a building or dumping of occupation material in a hollow. The field also contains a marl pit and the pond on the south-east may also have been a marl pit.
2 The pit has also been recorded within a geophysical survey carried out by MOLA Northampton to the south of Harbury Lane, in the north of Bishops Tachbrook parish. This was recorded as an intense magnetic anomaly as further evidence of the dumping of fired materials possessing a magnetic feature.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Geophysical Survey Report
Title: Archaeological geophysical survey at Harbury Gardens, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Author/originator: J Walford
Date: 2014
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Report No 14/223
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Disused quarry, Bishops Tachbrook
Author/originator: Fowler R
Date: 1984
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Volume/Sheet:
   
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technique Geophysical Survey The measuring and recording of electrical resistivity or magnetism in order to determine the existence and outline of buried features such as walls and ditches. Geophysical techniques include resistivity survey, magnetometer survey and ground penetrating radar. View Image back
period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument HOLLOW * A hollow, concave formation or place, which has sometimes been dug out. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument FEATURE * Areas of indeterminate function. back
monument POND * A body of still water often artificially formed for a specific purpose. Use specifc type where known. back
monument MARL PIT * A pit from which marl, a mixture of clay and carbonate of lime, is excavated. Marl is used as a fertilizer. back
monument PIT * A hole or cavity in the ground, either natural or the result of excavation. Use more specific type where known. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument GARDEN * An enclosed piece of ground devoted to the cultivation of flowers, fruit or vegetables and/or recreational purposes. Use more specific type where known. back
monument QUARRY * An excavation from which stone for building and other functions, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc. back
monument SPA * A medicinal or mineral spring often with an associated building. back

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