Information for record number MWA6384:
Cropmark Features North of M6

Summary A linear feature and several possible enclosures are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The features are of unknown date. They are situated 600m west of Smith's Spinney.
What Is It?  
Type: Linear Feature, D Shaped Enclosure
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Harborough Magna
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 50 79
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

2 Cropmarks of a linear feature and possible conjoined enclosures appear on aerial photographs.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SP4289
Author/originator: Pickering J
Date: 1976
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: SP4289I,K
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Unpublished document
Author/originator: Hodgson J
Date: 1991
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
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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
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
monument D SHAPED ENCLOSURE * An area of land, in the shape of a D, enclosed by a boundary ditch, bank, wall, palisade or similar barrier. back

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