Information for record number MWA4697:
Excavation of Undated Pit - 'Site L'

Summary A small undated pit was discovered during an excavation. The site was 300m east of Bushey Hill, Barford.
What Is It?  
Type: Pit
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Barford
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 28 61
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 1965: Dragline during construction of Warwick bypass located a small pit about 1.2m across which was filled with charcoal and pot boilers.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Excavation Report
Title: TBAS vol 83
Author/originator: Oswald A
Date: 1966
Page Number: 1-64
Volume/Sheet: 83
   
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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
technique excavation Archaeologists excavate sites so that they can find information and recover archaeological materials before they are destroyed by erosion, construction or changes in land-use.

Depending on how complicated and widespread the archaeological deposits are, excavation can be done by hand or with heavy machinery. Archaeologists may excavate a site in a number of ways; either by open area excavation, by digging a test pit or a trial trench.
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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument PIT * A hole or cavity in the ground, either natural or the result of excavation. Use more specific type where known. back

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