Information for record number MWA772:
Site of Boundary Stone 800m E of Southam Fields Fm

Summary The site of a boundary marker which is mentioned in an Early Medieval charter. The stone had disappeared from the site by 1894 and the field in which it stood was quarried away in the early 20th century. It stood 1km north of Southam.
What Is It?  
Type: Boundary Marker
Period: Early medieval (801 AD - 1065 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Southam
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 42 63
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Boundary stone recorded in 998 as 'Maerstanae'. References to this stone occurs in a number of later documents. It was at the junction of the parishes of Southam, Long Itchington and Stockton. The name continues in documents up to 1794, but the Rev W L Smith recorded in 1894 that the stone had long gone. This stone forms a pair with that at Ladbroke (PRN 934) and they may have marked high points on a ridge way rather than being parish boundary markers. The field in which the Southam stone stood was quarried away in the early 20th century. On Stockton Green there is a fragment of pink granite erratic. This is said to have come from Stockton Hill, adjacent to the Whorestone site, and may represent a relic of the stone.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Desk Top Study
Title: The Whorestone,Southam
Author/originator: Usher H
Date: 1973
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Glossary

 
Word or Phrase
Description  
period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument BOUNDARY STONE * A stone that indicates the limit of an area or piece of land. back
monument STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument BOUNDARY MARKER * A marker of some form used to indicate the limit of an area or a piece of land. back

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