Extensive cropmarks of later prehistoric enclosures, linear features and ring ditch and undated field boundaries (EHER 19128)

Extensive cropmarks of later prehistoric enclosures, linear features and ring ditch and undated field boundaries are visible on aerial photographs. It is possible that the ring ditch may be the remains of a round house within a rectilinear ditched enclosure.

Cropmarks of linear ditches - some are most likely to be field boundaries, other may be trackways. Ring ditch at TL 5695 1595. <1> - <4> Various cropmarks of former field boundaries were mapped in 2008, all of which were visible on first edition Ordnance Survey mapping. Of particular interest were the cropmarks of three possible enclosures. The first is rectilinear, measures 50m by 45m, and appears to be against a linear feature, possibly a boundary or trackway. During the original NMP a small ring-ditch (recorded above) was mapped and this ring-ditch is located within this rectilinear enclosure, which suggests that it may be a settlement enclosure with a possible roundhouse, although there are no other internal features or entrances visible. To the south of this are two further cropmarks of possible enclosures. The largest is curvilinear and approximately 71m in diameter, with no internal features or entrances visible on the available photography. The second smaller enclosure is approximately 31m by 40m and rectilinear and again has no visible internal features or entrances. <6-8>