Cropmarks of undated enclosure and extraction pit (EHER 47892)

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Cropmarks of a incomplete rectangular enclosure and extraction pit are visible on aerial photographs.

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Grid reference	Centred TL 524 448 (336m by 490m)
Civil Parish	GREAT CHESTERFORD, UTTLESFORD, ESSEX

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Cropmarks of an extraction pit, which looks like an enclosure on 2001 Google aerial photographs, but like an extraction area on further photography. <1-3> An incomplete rectilinear enclosure approximately 51m by 55m was recorded on 2017 and 2018 aerial photography. The north-west end of the enclosure is not visible. <4-5>

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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> SEX68001 GIS Layer: Saunders, H.. 2008-2012. Online Aerial Reconnaissance Project in Essex (OARPE).
<3> SEX68000 Aerial Photograph: Google. Google Earth Online Resource.
<4> SEX73403 Aerial Photograph (Digital): Saunders, H.. 2017. EX17/01/062-064.
<5> SEX73408 Aerial Photograph (Digital): Saunders, H.. 2018. EX18/05/134-140.

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