Cropmarks of undated ring ditches and linear features and Second World War bomb craters (EHER 2936)

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Summary

Cropmarks of several ring ditches, presumed to represent the remains of Bronze Age round barrows, along with linear features, are visible as cropmarks immediately to the south of Mill Dam Lake. Two Second World War bomb craters are also noted here.

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Grid reference	Centred TM 1194 1488 (1173m by 431m)
Civil Parish	ST OSYTH, TENDRING, ESSEX

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Cropmarks of three ring ditches with central pits, four more smaller ring ditches nearby, together with linear features some of which may be drains. <1> - <10> See further aerial photographs: <11> - <18>. RAF photography shows the location of two possible large bomb craters just the to the north of the cropmarks on the edge of Mill Dam Lake, which were mapped as part of the 2009 NMP update. <19> See further aerial photographs: <20> - <22>. Information from NRHE data import: This record represents two NRHE records, 387824 and 387825. Both NRHE records detail the site of a cropmark representing a ring ditch <6> <23>. The two ring ditches are adjacent and both are considered within this record.

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<1> SEX4 DESC TEXT: Unknown. 1960 onwards. SMR form unknown.
<2> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TM11SW09, 1977.
<3> SEX10400 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1959. ZK82.
<4> SEX10401 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1972. BJB 98.
<5> SEX10402 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1976. BWT 61.
<6> SEX10403 Aerial Photograph: NMR. 1974. TM1214/1/209. Date 1974:6.
<7> SEX10404 Aerial Photograph: NMR. 1976. TM1214/4/462, 464. Date 1976:6.
<8> SEX10405 Aerial Photograph: NMR. 1974. TM1114/1/224. Date 1974:6.
<9> SEX10406 Aerial Photograph: NMR. 1976. TM1216/3/134.
<10> SEX10407 Aerial Photograph: Farrands, R.H.. 1962. 103.1, 103.2.
<11> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TM11SW10, 1977.
<12> SEX65438 Aerial Photograph: Saunders, H.. 2005. CP/05/09/1-3 CP/05/08/11-15. 8 Pics.
<13> SEX65437 Aerial Photograph: Saunders, H.. 2004. CP/04/04/03. 1 Pic.
<14> SEX66618 Aerial Photograph: NMR. 1976. TM1314/4/50-51.
<15> SEX66619 Aerial Photograph: NMR. 1976. TM1214/4/465.
<16> SEX22419 Map: Ingle, C.J., Strachan, D., Tyler, S. and Saunders, H.. 1993-2017. NMP Cropmark Plot - 1:10,000. paper. 1:10,000.
<17> SEX68397 Aerial Photograph: Saunders, H.. 2008. CP/08/19/13-15.
<18> SEX68398 Aerial Photograph: Saunders, H.. 2008. CP/08/20/01-05.
<19> SEX68804 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1707-4373.
<20> SEX73201 Aerial Photograph (Digital): Saunders, H.. 2015. EX15/03/075-077.
<21> SEX73622 Aerial Photograph (Digital): Saunders, H.. 2018. EX18/04/088-089.
<22> SEX74949 Aerial Photograph (Digital): Saunders, H.. 2021. EX21/07/023-025.
<23> SEX75710 Report: ECC. Essex Planning Department.

Other References

Old SMR Number: TM11-063
NRHE identifier: 387824
National Monuments Record: TM 11 SW 9
NRHE identifier: 387825
National Monuments Record: TM 11 SW 10