Later prehistoric cropmarks of an enclosure near Clodmore Hill Farm, Arkesdon (EHER 81237)

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Summary

Possible enclosure was visible on aerial images, although it was only very faint.

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Grid reference	Centred TL 4711 3513 (785m by 541m)
Civil Parish	ARKESDEN, UTTLESFORD, ESSEX

Type and Period

ENCLOSURE (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)

Description

Cropmarks of several field boundaries were digitally mapped from images taken from local live <1> <2> and most are visible on the 1st edition OS maps <3> - <5> and a possible enclosure was visible on the images, although it was only very faint. The enclosure was at least 50m in diameter and curvilinear in shape. <6>

Sources

<1> SEX67999 Aerial Photograph: Microsoft. 2007-2012. Bing Maps Online Resource.
<2> SEX68001 GIS Layer: Saunders, H.. 2008-2012. Online Aerial Reconnaissance Project in Essex (OARPE).
<3> SEX53053 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1872-1890. Ordnance Survey 6 inch (1st Edition). OS. Paper. 1:10,560.
<4> SEX22419 Map: Ingle, C.J., Strachan, D., Tyler, S. and Saunders, H.. 1993-2017. NMP Cropmark Plot - 1:10,000. paper. 1:10,000.
<5> SEX68000 Aerial Photograph: Google. Google Earth Online Resource.
<6> SEX74835 Aerial Photograph (Digital): Saunders, H.. 2022. EX22/05/050-055.

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