Crop Mark Enclosure 500m S of Crazy Pit Spinney

Description of this historic site

Enclosures, linear features and an area of ridge and furrow which are visible as cropmarks and earthworks. The features may be Medieval in date and are situated 500m south of Crazy Pit Spinney.

Notes about this historic site

2 Crop marks or earthworks of enclosures and linear features show on aerial photographs. Ridge and furrow is also in evidence. The relationship of the features to the ridge and furrow probably indicates that they are Medieval in date.
3 Map.
4Caldecote is listed in Domesday under Coleshill Hundred. The Phillimore edition has a grid reference of 3594.
Ref 2;2 The Bishop (of Chester) also holds 2 hides in Caldecote. Land for 6 ploughs. In lordship 1; 2 slaves; 7 villagers with a priest have 5 ploughs. A mill at 2s; meadow,12 acres; woodland 3 leagues long and wide. Value now 60s.

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