Information for record number MWA6733:
Cropmark Complex SW of Bidford on Avon

Summary Possible enclosures and linear features are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. They are situated 550m north east of the sewage works, Salford Priors.
What Is It?  
Type: Enclosure, Linear Feature
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Bidford on Avon
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 09 51
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

4 A complex of irregular cropmark features can be identified on air photographs, comprising possible enclosures and linear features.
5 The complex of irregular cropmark features identified on air photographs, comprising possible enclosures and linear features was mapped as part of the English Heritage National Mapping Project.
 
Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SP0951
Author/originator: Hodgson J C
Date: 1990
Page Number: E,G-L
Volume/Sheet: SP0951
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SP0859
Author/originator: Hodgson J C
Date: 1990
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: SP0859 AT, AX-AZ, BA
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SP0951
Author/originator: Palmer N J
Date: 1990
Page Number: B-D,F
Volume/Sheet: SP0951
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SP1158
Author/originator: Palmer N J
Date: 1990
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: SP1158 A, B
   
Source No: 5
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SP0851 Frame 11
Author/originator: NMR-Air Photo Unit
Date: 4 Jun 1990
Page Number: Frame 11
Volume/Sheet: SP0851
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SP0951
Author/originator: CUC
Date:
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: SP0951A
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Unpublished Document
Author/originator: Hodgson J C
Date: 1993
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
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 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 SEWAGE WORKS * A group of buildings in which local sewage is filtered and purified in large rectangular or circular tanks. 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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