Information for record number MWA743:
Site of Poss. Burial Mound 300m SW of Nedge Hill Fm

Summary The possible site of a barrow, a mound of earth usually built to conceal a burial. The site lies 500m south east of Marston Doles.
What Is It?  
Type: Round Barrow, Barrow
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Priors Marston
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 46 57
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 SP471579. From the enclosure act 1758, Lord Leigh was granted land.
2 It is said that he sent his men to level the land, but instructed them to leave the mound at the top as soldiers were buried there.
3 The name of this field on a pre-enclosure map (1758) was 'Town Yempler'. Presumably this is a variation of Yemplough, Yemplow or Yemp-Low.
4 There are no visible remains (in 1979?)
5 Town Yempler and Farm Yempler are named on the map. Farm Yempler is the field immediately to the south of Town Yempler.
6 The grid reference given in source
1 gives a location outside the field.
 
Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Map
Title: Pre-enclosure map
Author/originator:
Date: 1758
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Z177/1/U
   
Source No: 5
Source Type: Map
Title: Earl Spencers Estate Map
Author/originator:
Date:
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Z177/1
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: JMG
Date: 1979
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 1017
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: FI File missing (24-09-96)
Author/originator: Usher HJ
Date:
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Note under field name
Author/originator:
Date:
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 1849/3
   
Source No: 6
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: JMG
Date: 1979
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 1017
   
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Glossary

 
Word or Phrase
Description  
source SMR Card Sites and Monuments Record Card. The Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record began to be developed during the 1970s. The details of individual archaeological sites and findspots were written on record cards. These record cards were used until the 1990s, when their details were entered on to a computerised system. The record cards are still kept at the office of the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
monument BARROW * Artificial mound of earth, turf and/or stone, normally constructed to contain or conceal burials. Use specific type where known. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. 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 BURIAL * An interment of human or animal remains. Use specific type where known. If component use with wider site type. Use FUNERARY SITE for optimum retrieval in searches. 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 FARM * A tract of land, often including a farmhouse and ancillary buildings, used for the purpose of cultivation and the rearing of livestock, etc. Use more specific type where known. back
monument TOWN * An assemblage of public and private buildings, larger than a village and having more complete and independent local government. back
monument ROUND BARROW * Hemispherical mound surrounded by a ditch (or occasionally two or more concentric ditches), often accompanied by an external (or occasionally internal) bank. Mound and ditch may sometimes be separated by a berm. Use specific type where known. back

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