Information for record number MWA4821:
Undated cropmarks

Summary A rectangular enclosure and two linear features, one extending from a corner of the enclosure. All three features are of unknown date but are visible as crop marks on aerial photographs. They lie 600m south of Alvecote.
What Is It?  
Type: Enclosure, Linear Feature
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Shuttington
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SK 24 03
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

2 A probable rectangular enclosure shows on aerial photographs. A possible linear feature extends from one corner of the enclosure. Another linear feature (6238) lies adjacent to 4821.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SK2403
Author/originator: JP
Date: 1979
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: SK2403 A-C
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: R.C. Hingley personal comments
Author/originator: R C Hingley
Date:
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
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Glossary

 
Word or Phrase
Description  
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 RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE * A rectangular shaped area of land enclosed by a boundary ditch, bank, wall, palisade or similar barrier. 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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