Information for record number MWA930:
Ponds to E of Ladbroke House

Summary Earthworks including ponds, of unknown purpose and date. 'Pool Close' is marked on a tithe award map of 1838. They are situated 400m north east of the church at Ladbroke.
What Is It?  
Type: Pond
Period: Medieval - Post-Medieval (1066 AD - 1750 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Ladbroke
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 41 59
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 This field has a number of earthworks including two pools, a long boundary bank turning at right angles and some other more indeterminate earthworks. It is very stony. It is recorded as pool Close in the 1838 tithe award.
2 The earthworks are still intact.
3 Letter about field names with relevant dates.
4 Report of re-routing of a pipeline in order to avoid disturbing the medieval earthworks.
5 Untitled plan that possibly shows the pipeline route originally proposed in 1990.
 
Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Correspondence
Title: Ladbroke
Author/originator: Usher, H.
Date: 1972
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Descriptive Text
Title: Pool Close, Ladbroke
Author/originator: Usher H
Date: 1973
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Source No: 4
Source Type: Excavation Report
Title: Harbury Booster Replacement Scheme
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Date: 1990
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Plan
Title: Pool Close, Ladbroke
Author/originator: Usher H
Date: 1973
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Source No: 5
Source Type: Plan
Title: Ladbroke
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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 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 POOL * A small body of water, either natural or artificial. back
monument BOUNDARY BANK * An earthen bank that indicates the limit of an area or a piece of land. back
monument POND * A body of still water often artificially formed for a specific purpose. Use specifc type where known. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument PIPELINE * A conduit or pipes, used primarily for conveying petroleum from oil wells to a refinery, or for supplying water to a town or district, etc. back
monument EARTHWORK * A bank or mound of earth used as a rampart or fortification. back

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