Information for record number MWA6379:
Cropmark Complex SE of Pitchill

Summary An undated rectangular enclosure and a linear feature are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. They are located 450m south west of Rushford.
What Is It?  
Type: Rectilinear Enclosure, Linear Feature
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Salford Priors
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 05 51
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

2 Rectangular enclosures and a linear feature can be identified on aerial photographs.
3 Rectangular enclosures and a linear feature identified on aerial photographs were mapped as part of the English Heritage National Mapping Project.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: Aerial Photograph
Author/originator: Pickering J
Date: 1990
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 1990, 177-179
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SP0551 Frame 03
Author/originator: CUCAP
Date: 12 July 1975
Page Number: Frame 03
Volume/Sheet: SP0551
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SP0551
Author/originator: Hartley R F
Date: 1990
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: SP0551 F
   
Images:  
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Glossary

 
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Description  
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
monument RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE * A monument consisting of an area of land enclosed by a ditch, bank, wall, palisade or similar barrier, where the barrier consists of several straight or near straight sections. back
monument RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE * A rectangular shaped area of land enclosed by a boundary ditch, bank, wall, palisade or similar barrier. back
monument LINEAR FEATURE * A length of straight, curved or angled earthwork or cropmark of uncertain date or function. back

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