Information for record number MWA531:
Undated Human Burial 400m SW of Chicken Meadow Barn, Alcester.

Summary The site of a number of human burials of unknown date. The site was located 400m south west of Chicken Meadow Barn.
What Is It?  
Type: Burial
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Alcester
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 06 58
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

 
Source Number  

1 High spur of land, top 'bulldozed' away spring 1957 by Young Farmers Club when bones (human) were found (bones in Warwick Museum). Information from CID Leamington and site visited 04.07.1957.
 
Sources

Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: WM
Author/originator: JMM
Date: 1957
Page Number: 50 SW
Volume/Sheet: Annotated
   
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Glossary

 
Word or Phrase
Description  
source WM Warwickshire Museum Aerial Photograph Collection. A collection of oblique and vertical aerial photographs and taken by various organisations and individuals, including the Royal Airforce, The Potato Board, Warwickshire Museum. The collection is held at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument CLUB * A building used by an association of persons for social and recreational purposes or for the promotion of some common object. back
monument MUSEUM * A building, group of buildings or space within a building, where objects of value such as works of art, antiquities, scientific specimens, or other artefacts are housed and displayed. back
monument BURIAL * An interment of human or animal remains. Use specific type where known. If component use with wider site type. Use FUNERARY SITE for optimum retrieval in searches. back
monument BARN * A building for the storage and processing of grain crops and for housing straw, farm equipment and occasionally livestock and their fodder. Use more specific type where known. back
monument MEADOW * A piece of grassland, often near a river, permanently covered with grass which is mown for use as hay. back
monument SPRING * A point where water issues naturally from the rock or soil onto the ground or into a body of surface water. back

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