Information for record number MWA4740:
Enclosures and linear features 500m NE of Priors Hardwick

Summary A series of enclosures and linear features are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The features may be of archaeological origin but are of unknown date. They are situated 500m north east of Priors Hardwick.
What Is It?  
Type: Enclosure, Linear Feature
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Priors Marston
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 47 56
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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2 Complex of undated linear features and enclosures show on aerial photographs. The irregular nature of many of the marks indicates that much of the complex is geological rather than archaeological.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title:
Author/originator: J Pickering
Date: 1962
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: SP4489 C/D/E/X
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title:
Author/originator: Hingley R C
Date: 1985
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 4646
   
Images:  
Cropmarks revealing enclosures and linear features at Priors Marston
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 1984
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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 FEATURE * Areas of indeterminate function. back
monument LINEAR FEATURE * A length of straight, curved or angled earthwork or cropmark of uncertain date or function. 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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