Information for record number MWA1501:
Undated Enclosures 1km SW of Church

Summary The site of several enclosures of unknown date. They are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs and are situated 800m south east of Maxtoke.
What Is It?  
Type: Enclosure
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Maxstoke
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 22 86
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Cropmarks comprising a ditched oval enclosure c50 x 37m,a ditched circular enclosure c37m by 30m and a ditched circular enclosure c30 x 25m. These lie immediately N of M6. Not examined on the ground.
2 An air photograph taken in 1973 showed ground disturbance on the site of the largest enclosure.
3 Photograph was not examined.
4 Hunting Surveys photograph, as part of M6 route survey.
 
Sources
Source No: 4
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: HSL UK 250-0089
Author/originator: Hunting Surveys
Date: 1964
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Maclagan H M
Date: 1979
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 1501
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title:
Author/originator: Westwood C W
Date: 1979
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: R.C.Hingley personal comment
Author/originator: Hingley R C
Date: 1989
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Volume/Sheet:
   
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Glossary

 
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source SMR Card Sites and Monuments Record Card. The Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record began to be developed during the 1970s. The details of individual archaeological sites and findspots were written on record cards. These record cards were used until the 1990s, when their details were entered on to a computerised system. The record cards are still kept at the office of the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
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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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 SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE * A circular shaped area of land enclosed by a boundary ditch, bank, wall, palisade or similar barrier. back
monument OVAL ENCLOSURE * An oval shaped area of land enclosed by a boundary ditch, bank, wall, palisade or similar barrier. 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

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