Information for record number MWA12675:
Undated ditch north of Back Lane, Long Lawford

Summary An undated ditch was recorded in an evaluation trench. It was overlain by plough soil and doesn't correspond to known late 19th century boundaries so is therefore older.
What Is It?  
Type: Ditch
Period: Early Mesolithic - Industrial (10000 BC - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Long Lawford
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 47 75
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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Description

  
Source Number  

1An undated ditch was recorded in an evaluation trench. It was overlain by plough soil and doesn't correspond to known late 19th century boundaries so is therefore older.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Evaluation Report
Title: An Archaeological Evaluation On Land North of Back Lane, Long Lawford, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Speed G
Date: 2010
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 2010/219
   
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Glossary

 
Word or Phrase
Description  
period Mesolithic About 10,000 BC to 4001 BC

Mesolithic means 'Middle Stone Age'. It is the period that comes between the Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age) and the Neolithic (New Stone Age).

The Mesolithic period is a period of transition from the way people were living during the Palaeolithic period as hunter-gatherers to the development of farming in the Neolithic period.
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monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument TRENCH * An excavation used as a means of concealment, protection or both. back
monument DITCH * A long and narrow hollow or trench dug in the ground, often used to carry water though it may be dry for much of the year. back

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