Information for record number MWA6298:
Undated charcoal burners sites

Summary Several charcoal burners sites of unknown date which were used for making pure carbon. They are situated 100m west of Daniels Wood.
What Is It?  
Type: Charcoal Burners Site
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Great Packington
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 24 85
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 Large circular areas of dark organic soil 9m in diameter. Two of these patches occurring within the motorway corridor were sectioned and in both cases natural marl occurred at depth of 25 cm below the surface. The dark colour was due to a considerable amount of charcoal which had been distributed evenly throughout the soil by ploughing. No trace of structures or of pottery was found. These are presumably traces of charcoal-burning.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Excavation Report
Title: TBAS vol 84
Author/originator: Taylor S
Date: 1971
Page Number: 181-2
Volume/Sheet: 84
   
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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
monument CHARCOAL BURNERS SITE * A site, often in a woodland clearing, used for the production of pure carbon by the controlled burning of wood and other organic materials. back
monument MOTORWAY * Fast arterial road with separate carriageways limited to motor vehicles 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
monument STRUCTURE * A construction of unknown function, either extant or implied by archaeological evidence. If known, use more specific type. back

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