Cropmarks of late prehistoric ring ditches (EHER 49148)

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Summary

Cropmarks of two ring ditches which probably represent ploughed-level round barrows of a Bronze Age date are visible on aerial photographs. The ring-ditches are approximately 20m in diameter with no visible entrances or internal feature

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Grid reference	Centred TL 7486 0923 (331m by 381m)
Civil Parish	BOREHAM, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX

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Cropmarks of two ring ditches which probably represent ploughed-level round barrows of a Bronze Age date. The ring-ditches are approximately 20m in diameter with no visible entrances or internal features. Geology may be masking further features in the vicinity <1>

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<1> SEX73585 Aerial Photograph (Digital): Saunders, H.. 2018. EX18/02/028-032.

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