Information for record number MWA9374:
Pit at Red Hill

Summary A disused pit, possibly dating from the Imperial period, is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1984. It was located at Red Hill, Studley.
What Is It?  
Type: Pit
Period: Imperial - Modern (1751 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Studley
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 07 65
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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Description

  
Source Number  

1 A disused pit is marked on the 1984 Ordnance Survey map
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: 1:10,000 1984
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1984
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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 PIT * A hole or cavity in the ground, either natural or the result of excavation. Use more specific type where known. back
monument RED HILL * Iron Age or Roman coastal site producing salt by boiling of seawater in fired clay pans, resulting in characteristic mounds of 'BRIQUETAGE' (see Archaeological Objects Thesaurus). back

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