Information for record number MWA9352:
Site of Gravel pits, West of Bidford

Summary The site of gravel pits which were worked during the Imperial and Modern periods. They are marked on the 1886 Ordnance Survey map as 'gravel pit' and on the 1924 map as 'Old gravel pit' and 'gravel pits'. They were located to the west of Bidford on Avon.
What Is It?  
Type: Gravel Pit, Quarry
Period: Imperial - Modern (1751 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Bidford on Avon
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 09 51
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Marked on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map as 'Gravel Pit'
2 Marked on the 1924 Ordnance Survey map as 'Old Gravel Pit' and 'Gravel Pits'
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: 32SE 1:10560 1886 2nd edition
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1886
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Map
Title: 6" 1924 & 1926
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1924 & 1926
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period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument GRAVEL PIT * A steep-sided pit formed by, and for, the extraction of gravel. back
monument QUARRY * An excavation from which stone for building and other functions, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc. back

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