Information for record number MWA598:
Crop Mark Enclosure 100m N of Moat at Broom Court

Summary A linear feature and an enclosure which are visible as crop marks on aerial photographs. They are of unknown date. They are located 700m south of Broom.
What Is It?  
Type: Enclosure, Linear Feature
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Bidford on Avon
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 08 52
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

2 A subrectangular crop mark enclosure with a possible entrance in the E side and possible faint internal features.
3 The crop mark was mapped as part of the English Heritage National Mapping Project.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SP2962
Author/originator: Baker A
Date: 1969
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: SP2962 P
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SP0852 Frame 20
Author/originator: NMR
Date: 15 Jul 2002
Page Number: Frame 20
Volume/Sheet: SP0852
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: SMR card : text
Author/originator: JMG
Date:
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Images:  
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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
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 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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