Information for record number MWA12198:
Rectilinear ditched enclosure located at the southern end of Long Compton

Summary Rectilinear ditched enclosure located at the southern end of Long Compton observed on aerial photographs.
What Is It?  
Type: Field Boundary, Ditched Enclosure, Rectilinear Enclosure
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Long Compton
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 29 31
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Rectilinear ditched enclosure located at the southern end of Long Compton observed on aerial photographs was mapped as part of the English Heritage National Mapping Project.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: CPE UK 1929 Frame 3132
Author/originator: RAF
Date: 16 Jan 1947
Page Number: Frame 3132
Volume/Sheet: CPE UK 1929
   
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Glossary

 
Word or Phrase
Description  
technique Aerial Photograph Aerial photographs are taken during an aerial survey, which involves looking at the ground from above. It is usually easier to see cropmarks and earthworks when they are viewed from above. Aerial photographs help archaeologists to record what they see and to identify new sites. There are two kinds of aerial photographs; oblique and vertical. back
monument RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE * A monument consisting of an area of land enclosed by a ditch, bank, wall, palisade or similar barrier, where the barrier consists of several straight or near straight sections. back
monument DITCHED ENCLOSURE * An area of land enclosed by one or several boundary ditches. Double index with a term to indicate the shape of the enclosure where known. back
monument FIELD BOUNDARY * The limit line of a field. back

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