Information for record number MWA775:
Possible House Platform 100m W of Warwick Street

Summary The possible site of a house of unknown date. An earthwork of a possible house platform is visible. A map of 1775 names the field here as 'The Homestead', although no house is marked on it. The site is situated 200m south west of the church, Southam.
What Is It?  
Type: House, House Platform
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Southam
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 41 61
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 The field rises up from the stream up to Abbey Green and the Stoneythorpe Hotel. The rise is broken by a large horizontal platform, about 10m wide and 50m long. This platform is certainly artificial, but it is not possible to say whether it is a cultivation terrace, or a building. It looks more like the latter. On a map of 1775 the field is named 'The Homestead'; although there is no building marked, this may indicate that the earthwork is the site of a house.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Descriptive Text
Title: The Homestead, Southam
Author/originator: Usher H
Date: 1973
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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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monument HOTEL * A large building used for the accommodation of paying travellers and guests. back
monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument ABBEY * A religious house governed by an abbot or abbess. Use with narrow terms of DOUBLE HOUSE, MONASTERY or NUNNERY. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument PLATFORM * Unspecified. Use specific type where known. back
monument HOUSE PLATFORM * An area of ground on which a house is built. A platform is often the sole surviving evidence for a house. back
monument CULTIVATION TERRACE * An area of land, usually on a slope, which has been built up to provide a flat surface for the cultivation of crops. back
monument STREAM * A natural flow or current of water issuing from a source. back
monument HOMESTEAD * A small settlement, usually consisting of one dwelling with ancillary buildings. back
monument EARTHWORK * A bank or mound of earth used as a rampart or fortification. back

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