Cropmarks of possible Roman trackway or road, north-east of Halstead (EHER 47531)

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Summary

Cropmarks of approximately 1km of trackway or road are visible on aerial photographs. Parallel ditches are visible at the west end of the cropmark, but the east end is a solid line. The cropmark could represent a section of Roman road.

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Grid reference	Centred TL 830 313 (1035m by 311m)
Civil Parish	COLNE ENGAINE, BRAINTREE, ESSEX
Civil Parish	GREENSTEAD GREEN AND HALSTEAD RURAL, BRAINTREE, ESSEX
Civil Parish	HALSTEAD, BRAINTREE, ESSEX

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Cropmarks of approximately 1011m of trackway/road were mapped as part of the NMP 2011. Parallel ditches are visible at the west end of the cropmark, but the east end is a solid line <1-3>. The cropmark could represent a section of Roman road.

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<1> SEX69951 Aerial Photograph: Orr, K.. 1983. OS/83/194/634.
<2> SEX68000 Aerial Photograph: Google. Google Earth Online Resource.
<3> SEX22419 Map: Ingle, C.J., Strachan, D., Tyler, S. and Saunders, H.. 1993-2017. NMP Cropmark Plot - 1:10,000. paper. 1:10,000.

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