Information for record number MWA4891:
Possible linear features to west of Welsh Road East

Summary Linear features of unknown date are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. They are situated west of Welsh Road East, Southam.
What Is It?  
Type: Linear Feature
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Southam
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 42 61
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

2 Possible linear features show on an air photograph.
3 A watching brief on a development site approximately 150m North East of the features removed top soils down to natural clays and no archaeological features were observed.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SP2149
Author/originator: Pickering J
Date: 1984
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: SP2149:M-P
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title:
Author/originator: Hingley R C
Date: 1985
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 4646
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Southam, Welsh Road East
Author/originator: Eyre-Morgan G
Date: 1984
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
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Glossary

 
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Description  
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 ARCHAEOLOGICAL FEATURE * Use only for features assumed to be archaeological but which cannot be identified more precisely without further investigation .Use more specific term where known back
monument FEATURE * Areas of indeterminate function. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument LINEAR FEATURE * A length of straight, curved or angled earthwork or cropmark of uncertain date or function. back

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