Information for record number MWA6237:
Linear Feature Visible on aerial photos

Summary A pit alignment or possible linear feature, is visible as a crop mark on aerial photographs and is probably Prehistoric in date. The site lies 200m south of Kingsbury Swivel Bridge.
What Is It?  
Type: Linear Feature, Pit Alignment
Period: Late Prehistoric - Late Iron Age (500000 BC - 42 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Kingsbury
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 20 97
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

2 Crop marks of a probable double pit alignment show on aerial photographs. The N section of the W alignment and the E alignment could represent a linear feature rather than a pit alignment.
3Crop marks mapped as a linear feature rather than pit alignments. Part of the English Heritage (EH) National Mapping Project (NMP).
 
Sources
Source No:
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SP2097/3 Frame 25
Author/originator: J Pickering
Date: 10 Aug 1977
Page Number: Frame 25
Volume/Sheet: SP2097/3
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SP2094
Author/originator: CUCAP
Date: 1960
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: SP2094 A-B
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: R.C. Hingley personal comments
Author/originator: R C Hingley
Date:
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Images:  
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Glossary

 
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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
period Prehistoric About 500,000 BC to 42 AD

The Prehistoric period covers all the periods from the Palaeolithic to the end of the Iron Age.
This is a time when people did not write anything down so there is no documentary evidence for archaeologists to look at. Instead, the archaeologists look at the material culture belonging to the people and the places where they lived for clues about their way of life.

The Prehistoric period is divided into the Early Prehistoric and Later Prehistoric.
The Early Prehistoric period covers the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic periods.
The Later Prehistoric period covers Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age times.
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period Iron Age About 800 BC to 43 AD

The Iron Age comes after the Bronze Age and before the Roman period. It is a time when people developed the skills and knowledge to work and use iron, hence the name ‘Iron Age’ which is given to this period. Iron is a much tougher and more durable metal than bronze but it also requires more skill to make objects from it. People continued to use bronze during this period.
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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument PIT ALIGNMENT * A single line, or pair of roughly parallel lines, of pits set at intervals along a common axis or series of axes. The pits are not thought to have held posts. back
monument LINEAR FEATURE * A length of straight, curved or angled earthwork or cropmark of uncertain date or function. back
monument BRIDGE * A structure of wood, stone, iron, brick or concrete, etc, with one or more intervals under it to span a river or other space. Use specific type where known. back

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