Record Details
| MonUID: | MST3934 |
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| HER Number: | 04211 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cropmarks, Tamhorn Park Farm, Fisherwick |
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Summary
Cropmark evidence for a possible former field system and possible buildings to the north of Tamhorn Park Farm, which may be associated with the deserted medieval settlement of Tamhorn (PRN 02081). To the south of the farm further cropmarks are suggested to represent evidence for a possible Romano-British or later enclosure overlain by the remains of former field boundaries. The cropmarks extend to the east of the London and North Western Railway (PRN 01537) and to the west of the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal (PRN 55371).
Monument Type(s):
Associated Events:
- EST1175 - Rectification of aerial photographs along the route of the West Coast Rail Modernisation in Staffordshire.
Full description
Field System: Cropmarks possibly indicating the site of a settlement or settlements (PRN 02081 and PRN 02082). Field System: random, mixed, fragmentary macula, single oblong. <1> <2>
Linear cropmarks are the possible remains of former field boundaries not shown on the 1st Edition Ordnance Survey 6" maps (1883-1885). A rectilinear cropmark probably represents the site of a building. Two curvilinear cropmarks which appear to form one half of an oval enclosure. Possibly associated with the site of Tamhorn deserted medieval settlement. (SB, 08-May-2009). <3>
Field System: Cropmarks possibly representing a field system which pre-date the Trent Valley Section of the London and North-Western Railway (to the east) and the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal (to the west). Also, possible droveway. <4> <5>
Linear cropmarks representing the remains of former field boundaries shown on the 1st Edition Ordnance Survey 6-inch maps. The southern-most of the cropmarks appears to be the remains of a trackway leading to a former quarry. Two elongated rectilinear cropmarks were also identified, the larger of which is interpreted as a possible Romano-British or later settlement enclosure. The smaller enclosure appears to be associated with the larger one. (SB, 25-Jan-2005) <6>
Cropmarks continue to the east of the railway (see PRN 01537) and west of the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal (see PRN 55371). (SB, 22-Jan-2013) <7>
Sources and further reading
| <1> | SST144 - Aerial Photograph: National Monument Record. 1970s-1980s. National Monument Record Aerial Photograph Collection. Black and White. Oblique. SK1807/4. |
| <2> | SST2841 - Aerial Photograph: J. Pickering (National Monuments Record). 1970s-1990s. Oblique Aerial Photograph Collection (J. Pickering). Black and White. Oblique. 654 (J. Pickering, 1976). |
| <3> | SST3972 - Desk Based Assessment Report: J. Chandler (Oxford Archaeology). 2002. West Coast Route Modernisation Staffordshire Section: Lichfield to Tamworth - Air Photograph Rectification. OAU No. 21a (Page 8 and Figure 5) / OAU No. 4 (Page 7 and Figure 5). |
| <4> | SST131 - Index: Trent Valley Archaeological Research Committee. 1960s-1970s. Trent Valley Archaeological Research Committee Card Index. 0023. |
| <5> | SST2841 - Aerial Photograph: J. Pickering (National Monuments Record). 1970s-1990s. Oblique Aerial Photograph Collection (J. Pickering). Black and White. Oblique. 1806/1/FR/ 33A/SF5 & 1806/2/FR 34A/SF5. |
| <6> | SST3972 - Desk Based Assessment Report: J. Chandler (Oxford Archaeology). 2002. West Coast Route Modernisation Staffordshire Section: Lichfield to Tamworth - Air Photograph Rectification. 21b and 21 c - Page 9 and Figure 5. |
| <7> | SST1225 - Drawn: Trent Valley Archaeological Research Committee (?). Unknown. 1:10 000 Overlays. Permatace. 1:10 000. SK 10 NE (Cropmarks). |
Related records
| 02081 | Part of: Tamhorn Deserted Settlement (Place) |
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