Information for record number MWA7225:
Evaluation at Newton Regis Junior School

Summary A linear feature surviving as an earthwork was found to date to the Imperial period. It was situated 150m southeast of Newton Regis Junior School, and was investigated before new classrooms were built.
What Is It?  
Type: Linear Feature
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Newton Regis
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SK 28 07
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 A low linear earthwork was investigated prior to the building of new classrooms. It was found that while the work would damage some archaeological deposits they were of such poor quality that no information could be retrieved from them.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Evaluation Report
Title: Evaluation at Newton Regis Junior School
Author/originator: Jones G C
Date: 1993
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technique Earthwork Earthworks can take the form of banks, ditches and mounds. They are usually created for a specific purpose. A bank, for example, might be the remains of a boundary between two or more fields. Some earthworks may be all that remains of a collapsed building, for example, the grassed-over remains of building foundations.

In the winter, when the sun is lower in the sky than during the other seasons, earthworks have larger shadows. From the air, archaeologists are able to see the patterns of the earthworks more easily. Earthworks can sometimes be confusing when viewed at ground level, but from above, the general plan is much clearer.

Archaeologists often carry out an aerial survey or an earthwork survey to help them understand the lumps and bumps they can see on the ground.
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period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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monument JUNIOR SCHOOL * A school attended by children between the ages of seven and eleven. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument LINEAR FEATURE * A length of straight, curved or angled earthwork or cropmark of uncertain date or function. back
monument LINEAR EARTHWORK * A substantial bank and ditch forming a major boundary between two adjacent landholdings. Most date from the late Bronze Age and Iron Age. back
monument CLASSROOM * A room where a class of pupils is taught. back
monument EARTHWORK * A bank or mound of earth used as a rampart or fortification. back

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