Information for record number MWA6235:
Possible Deserted Med Settlement at Great Packington

Summary An enclosure, linear features and a trackway are visible on aerial photographs. These, together with the isolated church, suggest a Medieval deserted settlement. The site is 200m north of St James's church, Great Packington.
What Is It?  
Type: Deserted Settlement, Enclosure, Trackway, Linear Feature
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Great Packington
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 23 84
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Great Packington has no village at all, the church stands by itself in the park. Army occupation has obscured the site. There are signs of buildings near to the Old Hall at SP2384.
3 Enclosures, trackway and linear features show on aerial photographs, associated with a moat (PRN 4716) and just to the NE of the church. This may represent a village street with a number of house platforms alongside it.
4 Poor archaeology (C), excellent evidence for the village's former existence, but period of desertion uncertain (2).
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SP34SW
Author/originator: RAF
Date: 1948
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: SP34SW
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Serial
Title: TBAS vol 66
Author/originator: Beresford M W
Date: 1945
Page Number: 99
Volume/Sheet: 66
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Medieval Villages Research Group
Author/originator:
Date: 1958
Page Number: 3
Volume/Sheet: 6
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: R. Hingley personal comment.
Author/originator: Hingley R
Date: 1988
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
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Glossary

 
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source TBAS Transactions of the Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society is a journal produced by the society annually. It contains articles about archaeological field work that has taken place in Birmingham and Warwickshire in previous years. Copies of the journal are kept by 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
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 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 SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument PARK * An enclosed piece of land, generally large in area, used for hunting, the cultivation of trees, for grazing sheep and cattle or visual enjoyment. Use more specific type where known. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument MOAT * A wide ditch surrounding a building, usually filled with water. Use for moated sites, not defensive moats. Use with relevant site type where known, eg. MANOR HOUSE, GARDEN, etc. back
monument DESERTED SETTLEMENT * An abandoned settlement, usually of the Medieval period, often visible only as earthworks or on aerial photographs. 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
monument HOUSE PLATFORM * An area of ground on which a house is built. A platform is often the sole surviving evidence for a house. back
monument SIGN * A board, wall painting or other structure displaying advice, giving information or directions back
monument TRACKWAY * A pathway, not necessarily designed as such, beaten down by the feet of travellers. back

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