Cropmarks of Bronze Age round barrows and post-medieval field boundary, Old Heath Farm (EHER 49787)

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Summary

The cropmark remains of two ploughed out round barrows, represented as two ring ditches are visible on aerial photographs at Old Heath Farm. These are adjacent to a post-medieval field boundary.

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Grid reference	Centred TQ 9387 9872 (283m by 341m)
Civil Parish	SOUTHMINSTER, MALDON, ESSEX

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Cropmarks of two ring ditches that represent ploughed out Bronze Age round barrows. The two ring ditches are approximately 10m in diameter and are 100m apart. One is adjacent to a cropmark of a former field boundary which is marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey mapping. <1> <2>

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<1> SEX74864 Aerial Photograph (Digital): Saunders, H.. 2022. EX22/08/001-002.
<2> SEX53053 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1872-1890. Ordnance Survey 6 inch (1st Edition). OS. Paper. 1:10,560.

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