Information for record number MWA963:
Trackway and ford to E of Grove Field Farm, Hampton Lucy.

Summary A trackway is visible as an earthwork which leads to the site of a ford across the river Avon, both are of unknown date. A modern footpath follows the route of the trackway though the river is no longer crossable. The site is located 850m north of Wasperton.
What Is It?  
Type: Trackway
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Hampton Lucy
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 26 59
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 The lane beyond Copdock Hill leads off the Fulbrook road to Grove Field Farm where it forks to continue as two Field tracks. The northern track ends at an ancient ford over the Avon.
2 The Tithe Apportionment Map marks this Field as "ford Meadow".
3 The Farmer stated that this used to be an old drove road which crossed the Avon here and led on up to the NE, past what is known as Holloway Farm. A public footpath still follows this route although the crossing of the Avon is no longer possible.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 3, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Salzman L F (ed)
Date: 1945
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 3
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Map
Title: Tithe Map for Hampton Lucy
Author/originator:
Date: 1846
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Site Visit
Title: Site visit notes
Author/originator: Anthony P J
Date: 1979
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Volume/Sheet:
   
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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 Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument DROVE ROAD * A road or track specifically used by drovers or herders to drive their animals to market. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument MEADOW * A piece of grassland, often near a river, permanently covered with grass which is mown for use as hay. back
monument TRACKWAY * A pathway, not necessarily designed as such, beaten down by the feet of travellers. back
monument FOOTPATH * A path for pedestrians only. back
monument FARM * A tract of land, often including a farmhouse and ancillary buildings, used for the purpose of cultivation and the rearing of livestock, etc. Use more specific type where known. back
monument EARTHWORK * A bank or mound of earth used as a rampart or fortification. back
monument FORD * A shallow place in a river or other stretch of water, where people, animals and vehicles may cross. back

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