Cropmarks of late prehistoric enclosure and ring ditch, undated pits and field boundaries, Delameres Farm (EHER 49450)

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Summary

Cropmarks of a probable multi-period side including an enclosure, ring ditch, pits and field boundaries are visible on aerial photographs. The ring ditch may represent the remains of a later prehistoric round barrow, and it is thought likely that the enclosure also dates from this period.

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Grid reference	Centred TM 0012 0689 (361m by 398m)
Civil Parish	BRADWELL-ON-SEA, MALDON, ESSEX

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Cropmarks of possible field boundaries and pits of an unknown date. There is a large amount of geological cropmarks in the field which may be masking further archaeological cropmarks <1> Aerial photographs taken in 2022 show field boundaries, pits, an enclosure and a ring-ditch which may represent a ploughed out Bronze Age round barrow <2>

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<1> SEX74167 Aerial Photograph (Digital): Saunders, H.. 2019. EX19/04/045.
<2> SEX74873 Aerial Photograph (Digital): Saunders, H.. 2022. EX22/08/035-039, 044.

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