Cropmarks of undated ring ditch and field system (EHER 2942)

Cropmarks of a single ring ditch with track leading away to north are visible on aerial photographs. Also at this location are numerous linear features, perhaps part of a field system or later drainage features.

Cropmarks of single ring ditch with track leading away to north. The regularity and spacing of the many other linear features suggest they are to do with drainage. In field to the south is a rectangular enclosure system with small sub-divisions trackways surround two sides. An entrance in the ring ditch is apparent and a trackway leading to it is visible on the McMaster aerial photographs. <1>-<9> 1999. Watching brief. Two post-medieval or modern field ditches and a small cut feature of indeterminate date and function were discovered during the construction of a new access road and operational area to the west and NW of the existing sewage treatment works at Jaywick (see EHER 18315), no other archaeological features or finds were discovered. <10> This site was updated in 2009 as part of the NMP update using 1996 photographs which showed further archaeological features including a possible irregular enclosure, which is partially masked by geology and a rectangular enclosure to the west of the ring-ditches. The geology in the area makes the identification of cropmark features problematic, but it seems likely that there are areas of pits and possibly other linear features visible on the 2005 aerial photographs. However, these features are not clear enough on the current photography to enable mapping <11> - <15> Information from NRHE data import. Field system and linear ditches. Cropmarks show that old creek outlines adjoin a compact overlaid field system at this location. Many linear ditches and vague cropmarks lie between this site and site TM 11 NW 53. <17>