Information for record number MWA5154:
Site of Medieval Marlpit

Summary The site of a marlpit, from which a mixture of clay and carbonate of lime was extracted as a fertiliser, which dates from the Medieval period. It is situated 500m northeast of Sees Wood,
What Is It?  
Type: Marl Pit
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Nuneaton and Bedworth
District: Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 32 90
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 In a deed dated 1334 a close with a marl pit is called 'The Old Close'.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Chilvers Coton
Author/originator: Mayes P and Scott K
Date: 1984
Page Number: 8
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Glossary

 
Word or Phrase
Description  
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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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument MARL PIT * A pit from which marl, a mixture of clay and carbonate of lime, is excavated. Marl is used as a fertilizer. 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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