Cropmark of Bronze Age roundbarrow, Byrds Farm Lane (EHER 19842)

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Cropmarks of a ring ditch interpreted as a Bronze Age roundbarrow.

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Grid reference	Centred TL 542 399 (63m by 43m)
Civil Parish	SAFFRON WALDEN, UTTLESFORD, ESSEX

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Cropmarks of a former field boundary <1> and a ring ditch. The south side of the ring ditch was mapped for the original NMP, but the northern half was visible on Google Earth aerial photography and was mapped for OARPE. <2> - <4>

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<1> SEX64593 Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1969. MAL-69-30-179.
<2> SEX22419 Map: Ingle, C.J., Strachan, D., Tyler, S. and Saunders, H.. 1993-2017. NMP Cropmark Plot - 1:10,000. paper. 1:10,000.
<3> SEX68000 Aerial Photograph: Google. Google Earth Online Resource.
<4> SEX68001 GIS Layer: Saunders, H.. 2008-2012. Online Aerial Reconnaissance Project in Essex (OARPE).

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related to: Cropmarks of probable late prehistoric enclosure and trackway and undated field system, west of Byrd's Farm (Monument) (EHER 47898)

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