Information for record number MWA4844:
Undated linear cropmark

Summary A linear feature of unknown date and function is visible as a crop mark and on aerial photographs. It is situated 500m northeast of St Lawrence's Wood, Mancetter.
What Is It?  
Type: Linear Feature
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Mancetter
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 31 95
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

2 Faint linear feature and a possible circular feature show on aerial photographs. These marks are of dubious significance.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SP3195
Author/originator: CUCAP
Date: 1975
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: SP3195 A
   
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 LINEAR FEATURE * A length of straight, curved or angled earthwork or cropmark of uncertain date or function. back
monument WOOD * A tract of land with trees, sometimes acting as a boundary or barrier, usually smaller and less wild than a forest. back

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