Information for record number MWA4901:
Undated burial

Summary Several human burials of unknown date were found 500m south west of Wimpstone.
What Is It?  
Type: Burial, Inhumation
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Whitchurch
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 21 48
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Bloom records that when a new gravel pit was opened up in the first field leading to what had once been Nardey Bush 'Saxon' remains were found. Three badly decomposed skeletons were excavated by Wellstood.
2 Bloom lived at Wimpstone rectory. A gravel pit is marked on the OS 1924 edition of the 1:10560 map at the above grid reference and this may Well be the find spot of the skeleton.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: The Changed Village
Author/originator: Bloom J H
Date: 1945
Page Number: 144
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Hingley R C
Date: 1986
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 4103
   
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Glossary

 
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source SMR Card Sites and Monuments Record Card. The Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record began to be developed during the 1970s. The details of individual archaeological sites and findspots were written on record cards. These record cards were used until the 1990s, when their details were entered on to a computerised system. The record cards are still kept at the office of the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
monument VILLAGE * A collection of dwelling-houses and other buildings, usually larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a simpler organisation and administration than the latter. back
monument INHUMATION * An interment of unburnt, articulated human remains. Use specific type where known. back
monument WELL * A shaft or pit dug in the ground over a supply of spring-water. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument GRAVEL PIT * A steep-sided pit formed by, and for, the extraction of gravel. back
monument BURIAL * An interment of human or animal remains. Use specific type where known. If component use with wider site type. Use FUNERARY SITE for optimum retrieval in searches. back

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