Cropmarks of ring ditches and undated enclosure, Near Marsh Farm (EHER 2961)

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Enclosure, at least ten ring ditches and a possible circular enclosure cut by field boundary.

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Grid reference	Centred TM 103 184 (439m by 547m)
Civil Parish	THORRINGTON, TENDRING, ESSEX

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Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import. Enclosure, at least ten ring ditches and a possible circular enclosure cut by field boundary. <1> <2> <3> <9> See also 2962 Thirteen complete ring-ditches and one partial ring-ditch mapped for the NMP <6> New cropmark features including at least three additional ring-ditches which probably represent ploughed out Bronze Age round barrows, square/rectangular pits which could represent grubenhaus and linear pit formations were recorded in 2015. <8>

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<1> SEX8228 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Savory, L.. unknown. SMR - Archaeological Record Form.
<2> SEX10525 Aerial Photograph: Potato Marketing Board. 1972. 4/50/72/174. Date 1972:6.
<3> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TM11NW28, 1977.
<4> SEX66568 Aerial Photograph: NMR. 1986. TM1018/4/1030-1031.
<5> SEX66569 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1950. 58/495/PtII/5223.
<6> SEX22419 Map: Ingle, C.J., Strachan, D., Tyler, S. and Saunders, H.. 1993-2017. NMP Cropmark Plot - 1:10,000. paper. 1:10,000. TM11NW.
<7> SEX71661 Aerial Photograph (Digital): Saunders, H.. 2013. EX13/08/277-283.
<8> SEX73189 Aerial Photograph (Digital): Saunders, H.. 2015. EX15/02/112-120.
<9> SEX75710 Report: ECC. Essex Planning Department. No 081.

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Old SMR Number: TM11-081
NRHE identifier: 387779
National Monuments Record: TM 11 NW 28