Information for record number MWA7345:
Wolston Mound

Summary The site of a mound of unknown date. It is visible as an earthwork. The mound is situated 300m south west of St Margarets Church, Wolston.
What Is It?  
Type: Mound
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Wolston
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 40 75
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 There is an earthwork mound marked on modern OS map.
2 The mound appears on OS 2nd edition as a circular feature within the Grove and with a series of footpaths around it.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: 1:10 000 1990
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1990
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Map
Title: 2nd edition 1906
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1906
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Glossary

 
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technique Earthwork Earthworks can take the form of banks, ditches and mounds. They are usually created for a specific purpose. A bank, for example, might be the remains of a boundary between two or more fields. Some earthworks may be all that remains of a collapsed building, for example, the grassed-over remains of building foundations.

In the winter, when the sun is lower in the sky than during the other seasons, earthworks have larger shadows. From the air, archaeologists are able to see the patterns of the earthworks more easily. Earthworks can sometimes be confusing when viewed at ground level, but from above, the general plan is much clearer.

Archaeologists often carry out an aerial survey or an earthwork survey to help them understand the lumps and bumps they can see on the ground.
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period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument FEATURE * Areas of indeterminate function. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument FOOTPATH * A path for pedestrians only. back
monument MOUND * A natural or artificial elevation of earth or stones, such as the earth heaped upon a grave. Use more specific type where known. back
monument EARTHWORK * A bank or mound of earth used as a rampart or fortification. back

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