Information for record number MWA852:
Mounds to E of Hill Cottage

Summary Three mounds of unknown date are visible as earthworks. They have been interpreted as barrows or anthills that were covered over with lime. The mounds are situated in the area of Tomlow.
What Is It?  
Type: Mound
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Napton on the Hill
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 45 63
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Barrow - This small mound is not marked on the 1:25,000 map - is it a Barrow? It appears to have been dug into at one time. General denudation - pasture, cattle wearing away at sides. This is a small mound in a wet pasture field - marshy type of grass growing around mound - might be a ditch.
2 Three round mounds beside the road to Tomlow were thought to be the Twam Hlaw. Apart from being the wrong number of mounds, the farmer claims that they are anthills, the practice of piling up anthills and then treating them with lime being quite common in the district.
3 Only one mound was located.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Excavation Report
Title: Napton on the Hill
Author/originator: Usher H
Date: 1977
Page Number: 1
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: Napton (Tomlow)
Author/originator: Bateman J
Date: 1972
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Field Record Sheet
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: JMG
Date: 1979
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 1017
   
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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 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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monument BARROW * Artificial mound of earth, turf and/or stone, normally constructed to contain or conceal burials. Use specific type where known. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument PASTURE * A field covered with herbage for the grazing of livestock. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument DITCH * A long and narrow hollow or trench dug in the ground, often used to carry water though it may be dry for much of the year. back
monument MARSH * A low lying area of land that is usually waterlogged at all times and is flooded in wet weather. back
monument ROUND * A small, Iron Age/Romano-British enclosed settlement found in South West England. back
monument MOUND * A natural or artificial elevation of earth or stones, such as the earth heaped upon a grave. Use more specific type where known. back
monument EARTHWORK * A bank or mound of earth used as a rampart or fortification. back

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