Possible undated settlement or funerary activity at Feering (EHER 80035)
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Summary
A gradiometry survey conducted in 2024 showed geophysical anomalies characteristic of an infilled ditches. This could be indicative of settlement activity such as a circular enclosure or an enclosing ditch of a barrow or another funerary monument.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 8757 1959 (21m by 12m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FEERING, BRAINTREE, ESSEX |
Type and Period
- DITCHED ENCLOSURE? (Early Neolithic to Late Anglo-Saxon - 4000 BC? to 1065 AD?)
- CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE? (Unknown date)
- SQUARE ENCLOSURE (Early Neolithic to Late Anglo-Saxon - 4000 BC? to 1065 AD?)
- BOUNDARY DITCH? (Unknown date)
- SQUARE ENCLOSURE (Early Neolithic to Late Anglo-Saxon - 4000 BC? to 1065 AD?)
Description
May-June, 2024. Gradiometry survey.
This survey showed a weak discontinuous positive circular linear anomaly, characteristic of an infilled ditch 13m in internal diameter. This could be indicative of settlement activity such as a circular enclosure or an enclosing ditch of a barrow or another funerary monument.
Other areas of the survey show anomalies which could have possible archaeological origin. These include further infilled ditches which could form part of a larger complex of enclosures. <1>
Sources
- <1> SEX75136 Geophysical Survey Report: Galt, A. and Bruce, G.. 2024. Land at Feering, Colchester: Archaeological geophysical survey.