Cropmarks of Roman settlement, South of Frowick Hall Farm (EHER 2926)

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North-South trackway with elements of a rectilinear field system with East-West ditched trackway.

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Grid reference	Centred TM 122 176 (629m by 1103m) (2 map features)
Civil Parish	ST OSYTH, TENDRING, ESSEX

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North-South trackway with elements of a rectilinear field system with East- West ditched trackway. Immediately to the South of this trackway is a rectangular enclosure, with a centrally placed entrance on the North side and double ditch on the West. Inside is a penannular ring ditch (house gulley?). There is a single ring ditch south west of this enclosure and another within it. To the south east is a further small sub-rectangular enclosure, the North-South trackway is probably a continuation of that in site 2970 and 2971. At TM12151810 is a ring ditch with a dark central area, also part of an enclosure. <1> - <19> See 2937, 2938 for adjacent cropmarks, including some of an excavated Roman site. Further aerial photographs were taken in 2008 and 2018 <24><27> Information from NRHE data import Crop marks of enclosure, trackways, hut sites etc, probably a Romano British Settlement. <28> <29> <30> Additional reference. <18>

Sources

--- SEX10988 Article in serial: Farrands, R.H.. 1975. Crop Marks at St Osyth, Gt Bentley and Mistley. Colchester Archaeological Group Annual Bulletin. 27. 181-204.
<1> SEX4 DESC TEXT: Unknown. 1960 onwards. SMR form unknown.
<2> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TM11NW24, 1977.
<3> SEX10324 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1960. ABM70, 72. Date 1960:6.
<4> SEX10325 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1972. BJB 103. Date 1972:6.
<5> SEX10326 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1975. BUZ 100.
<6> SEX10327 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1976. BXJ 74.
<7> SEX10328 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1959. ZK76. Date 1959:7.
<8> SEX10329 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1976. BXT 25.
<9> SEX10330 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1972. BJC 1. Date 1972:6.
<10> SEX10331 Aerial Photograph: NMR. 1976. TM1217/3/141. Date 1976:6.
<11> SEX10332 Aerial Photograph: NMR. 1977. TM1119/7/193. Date 1977:6.
<12> SEX10333 Aerial Photograph: NMR. 1979. TM1217/12/41-42, 44. Date 1979:7.
<13> SEX10334 Aerial Photograph: Farrands, R.H.. 1977. 170.3.
<14> SEX10335 Aerial Photograph: Farrands, R.H.. 1977. 161.7.
<15> SEX10336 Aerial Photograph: Farrands, R.H.. 1976. 141.6.
<16> SEX10337 Aerial Photograph: Farrands, R.H.. 1974. 124.8. Date 1974:8.
<17> SEX10338 Aerial Photograph: McMaster, I.. unknown. 2.9, 10, 12.
<18> SEX10339 Aerial Photograph: Potato Marketing Board. 1972. 4/50/72/132-133. Date 1972:6.
<19> SEX57680 Aerial Photograph: Rogers, P.. 1993. SWBW24-1, 2.
<20> SEX10340 Aerial Photograph: MAFF. 1971. 71/35/60, 62p.
<21> SEX65434 Aerial Photograph: Saunders, H.. 2005. CP/05/09/22-28. 7 Pics.
<22> SEX66574 Aerial Photograph: Strachan, D.. 1996. CP/96/31/8-11.
<23> SEX22419 Map: Ingle, C.J., Strachan, D., Tyler, S. and Saunders, H.. 1993-2017. NMP Cropmark Plot - 1:10,000. paper. 1:10,000.
<24> SEX68345 Aerial Photograph: Saunders, H.. 2008. CP/08/05/11-13.
<25> SEX68935 Aerial Photograph: Strachan, D.. 1996. CP/96/50/2.
<26> SEX73187 Aerial Photograph (Digital): Saunders, H.. 2015. EX15/02/090-107.
<27> SEX73628 Aerial Photograph (Digital): Saunders, H.. 2018. EX18/04/126-146.
<28> SEX75710 Report: ECC. Essex Planning Department. Essex Planning Dept No 055 064.
<29> SEX76474 Serial: Colchester Archaeological Group Annual Bulletin. 1978. Colchester Archaeological Group Annual Bulletin, Vol. 21. 21. p. 26.
<30> SEX10418 Aerial Photograph: Farrands, R.H.. 1962. 103.3,6.

Other References

Old SMR Number: TM11-055
NRHE identifier: 387775
National Monuments Record: TM 11 NW 24