Information for record number MWA911:
Site of Millpond Dam 600m NE of Heath End Farm

Summary The site of a mill pond dam which is undated. It is visible as an earthwork and is located 300m south east of Heath End Plantation, Heath End.
What Is It?  
Type: Dam, Mill Pond
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Snitterfield
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 23 61
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 There are substantial remains of an early mill-dam at the above grid reference. They are situated in pasture land and there is no trace of an approach road. No historical information concerning the mill was obtained during field investigation.
3 The dam is marked.
4 There are substantial remains of a linear earthwork which runs from SP2361 in a SE direction to SP2561. A small stream bisects it. The S end is considerably eroded by tractors. It is approximately 2.5m high, 3 to 4m wide and 200m long.
5 The pond is known as Squash Pools. It has been suggested that the Pools may have been used for sheep dipping.
6 The source for the above reference,
5, is unknown.
 
Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Map
Title: Ryland Estate
Author/originator:
Date: 1853
Page Number: 16: 6: 1
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Plan
Title: OS Card. 26NE9
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1961
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 26NE9
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: OS Card 26NE2
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1961
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 26NE2
   
Source No: 6
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Unpublished document
Author/originator: Jones E J
Date: 1997
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: SMW
Date: 1979
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 790
   
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source OS Card Ordnance Survey Record Card. Before the 1970s the Ordnance Survey (OS) were responsible for recording archaeological monuments during mapping exercises. This helped the Ordnance Survey to decide which monuments to publish on maps. During these exercises the details of the monuments were written down on record cards. Copies of some of the cards are kept at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. The responsibility for recording archaeological monuments later passed to the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments. back
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
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 POOL * A small body of water, either natural or artificial. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument MILL * A factory used for processing raw materials. Use more specific mill type where known. See also TEXTILE MILL, for more narrow terms. back
monument MILL POND * The area of water retained above a mill dam for driving a mill. back
monument POND * A body of still water often artificially formed for a specific purpose. Use specifc type where known. back
monument PASTURE * A field covered with herbage for the grazing of livestock. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument LINEAR EARTHWORK * A substantial bank and ditch forming a major boundary between two adjacent landholdings. Most date from the late Bronze Age and Iron Age. back
monument APPROACH ROAD * A road, sometimes raised as a causeway, which serves as an approach road to a building or bridge. back
monument PLANTATION * A group of planted trees or shrubs, generally of uniform age and of a single species. back
monument STREAM * A natural flow or current of water issuing from a source. back
monument EARTHWORK * A bank or mound of earth used as a rampart or fortification. back
monument DAM * A barrier of concrete or earth, etc, built across a river to create a reservoir of water for domestic and/or industrial usage. back

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