Cropmarks of undated enclosures, field boundaries and ditches, Red Barn Road (EHER 46923)

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Cropmarks of a possible late prehistoric to Roman enclosure, a possible second enclosure, possible pits and medieval field boundaries are visible on aerial photographs. Some of these features are indistinct.

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Grid reference	Centred TM 0905 1776 (163m by 298m)
Civil Parish	BRIGHTLINGSEA, TENDRING, ESSEX

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Two sides of a possible enclosure are visible to the north of the gardens along Red Barn Road. While only half of this possible enclosure is visible it is at least 19m by 11m. To the north of this are a series of linear ditches which maybe field boundaries although they are not marked on first edition Ordnance Survey mapping. There may be a second enclosure just to the north of the first, but the marks are very faint and indistinct so it has not been mapped with the current evidence. There may also be a series of pits, but again these are not clear <1-2>

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<1> SEX22419 Map: Ingle, C.J., Strachan, D., Tyler, S. and Saunders, H.. 1993-2017. NMP Cropmark Plot - 1:10,000. paper. 1:10,000.
<2> SEX68826 Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1972. OS/72/190/67.

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