Information for record number MWA6376:
Cropmark enclosure 200m NE of Sambourne Hall

Summary The site of a rectangular enclosure which is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. It is believed to date to the Prehistoric period. It is situated 600m east of Sambourne.
What Is It?  
Type: Enclosure, Rectangular Enclosure
Period: Early Neolithic - Romano-British (4000 BC - 409 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Sambourne
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 06 61
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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Description

 
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2 Rectilinear cropmark appears on air photographs.
3 Dating narrowed to within the Neolithic and Romano British periods.
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5cropmark is 75mx60m with two opposing entrances to the northwest and southeast sides.
 
Sources

Source No: 1
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SP0661
Author/originator: JCH - NJP
Date: 1990
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Volume/Sheet: SP0661A-K
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: A435 Studley Bypass, Archaeological Assessment, Proposal for stage 3 Fieldwork
Author/originator: Warwickshire Museum
Date: 1994
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Source No: 5
Source Type: Desk Top Study
Title: A435 Studley Bypass Archaeological Assessment (Stage 2)
Author/originator: Warwickshire Museum
Date: 1994
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Unpublished document
Author/originator: Hodgson J
Date: 1991
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Aggregates Assessment
Author/originator: Stuart Palmer
Date: 2006
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Images:  
An enclosure visible as a cropmark, Sambourne
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 1994
Click here for larger image  
 
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Glossary

 
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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
period Prehistoric About 500,000 BC to 42 AD

The Prehistoric period covers all the periods from the Palaeolithic to the end of the Iron Age.
This is a time when people did not write anything down so there is no documentary evidence for archaeologists to look at. Instead, the archaeologists look at the material culture belonging to the people and the places where they lived for clues about their way of life.

The Prehistoric period is divided into the Early Prehistoric and Later Prehistoric.
The Early Prehistoric period covers the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic periods.
The Later Prehistoric period covers Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age times.
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period Neolithic About 4000 BC to 2351 BC

The word ‘Neolithic’ means ‘New Stone Age’. Archaeologists split up the Neolithic period into three phases; early, middle and late. The Neolithic period comes after the Mesolithic period and before the Bronze Age.

People in the Neolithic period hunted and gathered food as their ancestors had but they were also began to farm. They kept animals and grew crops. This meant that they were able to settle more permanently in one location instead of constantly moving from place to place to look for food.
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monument FIELDWORK * A usually temporary earthwork or fortification, the latter constructed by military forces operating in the field. Use more specific type where known. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE * A rectangular shaped area of land enclosed by a boundary ditch, bank, wall, palisade or similar barrier. 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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