Information for record number MWA4978:
Undated cropmark enclosures to the south of Bilton Fields Farm, Ashlawn Road

Summary Three enclosures are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. A large rectangular enclosure sits apart from two smaller sub-rectangular enclosures which abutt either side of a pit alignment which crosses the area. The enclosures are situated 100m north of Ashlawn Road, Rugby.
What Is It?  
Type: Enclosure
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Rugby
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 49 72
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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1 An enclosure of unknown date is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. It is situated 200m north of Ashlawn Road, Rugby.
2 enclosure shows on air photographs.
3 Oblique aerial photographs from 2011 actually show three enclosures at this location: one larger enclosure ( rectangular enclosure c.50m by 40m), and two smaller enclosures nearby (sub-rectangular enclosure c.25m x 25m & sub-rectangular enclosure c.20m x 15m). The two smaller enclosures respect and asbutt the line of a well defined pit alignment which crosses the area in a NW-SE direction. All of the enclosures show as dark crop marks in a ripening crop indicating cut features.
 
Sources
Source No:
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: 26950-005, 018
Author/originator: Damian Grady
Date: 2011
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: 26950-005, 018
Author/originator: Damian Grady
Date: 2011
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Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SP1356
Author/originator: JP
Date: 1965
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: SP1356: A, C, E;SP14
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Hingley R C
Date: 1986
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 700
   
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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
technique Oblique aerial photograph Oblique aerial photographs are taken at angles of less than 90 degrees to the ground. They are usually taken by a photographer through the window of an aeroplane. Oblique aerial photographs are particularly useful for identifying archaeological sites that survive as earthworks, standing monuments and cropmarks. See also vertical aerial photographs. back
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 RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE * A rectangular shaped area of land enclosed by a boundary ditch, bank, wall, palisade or similar barrier. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument PIT ALIGNMENT * A single line, or pair of roughly parallel lines, of pits set at intervals along a common axis or series of axes. The pits are not thought to have held posts. back
monument WELL * A shaft or pit dug in the ground over a supply of spring-water. 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 CROSS * A free-standing structure, in the form of a cross (+), symbolizing the structure on which Jesus Christ was crucified and sacred to the Christian faith. Use specific type where known. back

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