Neolithic cropmarks of possible bank barrow, Old Field Grove (EHER 19716)

Cropmarks of a possible bank barrow.

Site of a possible bank barrow (cursus?). Site is 260 metres long and approximately 30 metres wide. The enclosure is on a north-west to south-east orientation with the south-east end of the enclosure defined with curved corners. The north-west end is not visible as it runs into Roughway Wood. There does not appear to be any breaks in the ditch, but there does appear to be a maculae at the south-east end. There are other extensive cropmarks, 200m to the north-west (17275). <1> <2> 2002. Field survey. A site visit (11-11-02) investigated the woods to the north-west. A possible continuation of the cropmark is detectable in the form of shallow ditches in the wood. They run parallel to each other, approximately 30 metres apart. There is also a possibility that one of these ditches curves round, approximately 20 metres into the wood. The field was under plough at the time of the visit and no soil marks were present, but there was a significant amount of flint present on surface in the vicinity of the cropmark. <1> <2>