Information for record number MWA9762:
Undated double ditched rectangular enclosure cropmark at Great Alne.

Summary Undated double ditched rectangular enclosure cropmark. The form of the cropmark suggests an Iron Age or Romano-British origin. The site is located 700m West North West of St. John the Baptist's Church, Aston Cantlow.
What Is It?  
Type: Double Ditched Enclosure, Linear Feature
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Great Alne
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 13 60
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Cropmark on WCC digital vertical AP mapping (2002) at NGR 413054, 260155 - Double ditched enclosure approx. 90m x 90m. Western boundary not well defined as laying close to the eastern edge of 'New Plantation'. It may be cut by a double linear running east west. Form of the Cropmark suggests Iron Age or Romano-British enclosure.
2 Cropmark on vertical AP.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: Warwickshire County Council vertical AP mapping (2002)
Author/originator: Warwickshire County Council
Date: pre-2002
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Correspondence
Title: Great Alne Crop Mark
Author/originator: Wilson E
Date: 2004
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Glossary

 
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technique Cropmark Cropmarks appear as light and dark marks in growing and ripening crops. These marks relate to differences in the soil below. For example, parched lines of grass may indicate stone walls. Crops that grow over stone features often ripen more quickly and are shorter than the surrounding crop. This is because there is less moisture in the soil where the wall lies.

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period Iron Age About 800 BC to 43 AD

The Iron Age comes after the Bronze Age and before the Roman period. It is a time when people developed the skills and knowledge to work and use iron, hence the name ‘Iron Age’ which is given to this period. Iron is a much tougher and more durable metal than bronze but it also requires more skill to make objects from it. People continued to use bronze during this period.
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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument DOUBLE DITCHED ENCLOSURE * An area of land enclosed by two parallel ditches. Use with specific shaped enclosure where known. back
monument BOUNDARY * The limit to an area as defined on a map or by a marker of some form, eg. BOUNDARY WALL. Use specific type where known. back
monument RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE * A rectangular shaped area of land enclosed by a boundary ditch, bank, wall, palisade or similar barrier. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument LINEAR FEATURE * A length of straight, curved or angled earthwork or cropmark of uncertain date or function. back
monument WELL * A shaft or pit dug in the ground over a supply of spring-water. back
monument ENCLOSURE * An area of land enclosed by a boundary ditch, bank, wall, palisade or other similar barrier. Use specific type where known. back
monument PLANTATION * A group of planted trees or shrubs, generally of uniform age and of a single species. back

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