Information for record number MWA4790:
Undated enclosures and trackway

Summary Trackways and enclosures of unknown date which are visible on aerial photographs as crop marks.
What Is It?  
Type: Trackway?, Enclosure?
Period: Early Neolithic - Medieval (4000 BC - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Leamington Spa
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 33 64
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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2 Trackways and enclosures show on aerial photographs.
3NMP Project did not map these features as they appered to not have consulted two of the aerial photographs of this area. The NMP conclusion states that the photos showed undated features which appear to show an enclosure and a Trackway, but not in the form of a regular enclosure. It also suggests that the feature may be caused by modern agricultural activity.
4The two apparently unconsulted aerial photos seem to show two enclosures and a possible Trackway, beneath the remains of ridge and furrow.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SP3364A
Author/originator: Jim Pickering
Date: 07/12/75
Page Number: A
Volume/Sheet: SP3364
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SP3364B
Author/originator: Jim Pickering
Date: 07/12/75
Page Number: B
Volume/Sheet: SP3364
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SP3364C
Author/originator: Jim Pickering
Date: 07/12/75
Page Number: C
Volume/Sheet: SP3364
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SP3364D
Author/originator: Jim Pickering
Date: 07/12/75
Page Number: D
Volume/Sheet: SP3364
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Desk Top Study
Title: SE Warwickshire and Cotswolds NMP Project
Author/originator: Amanda Dickson
Date: 2010-2012
Page Number:
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Source No: 4
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Pers. Comm.
Author/originator: B Gethin
Date: 2013 onwards
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Verbal communication
Author/originator: Palmer S C
Date: 2001
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Volume/Sheet:
   
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Glossary

 
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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
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 Neolithic About 4000 BC to 2351 BC

The word ‘Neolithic’ means ‘New Stone Age’. Archaeologists split up the Neolithic period into three phases; early, middle and late. The Neolithic period comes after the Mesolithic period and before the Bronze Age.

People in the Neolithic period hunted and gathered food as their ancestors had but they were also began to farm. They kept animals and grew crops. This meant that they were able to settle more permanently in one location instead of constantly moving from place to place to look for food.
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period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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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 RIDGE AND FURROW * A series of long, raised ridges separated by ditches used to prepare the ground for arable cultivation. This was a technique, characteristic of the medieval period. back
monument FEATURE * Areas of indeterminate 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
monument TRACKWAY * A pathway, not necessarily designed as such, beaten down by the feet of travellers. back

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