Earthwork remains of probable Iron Age or Roman red hill and ditch, Old Hall Marshes (EHER 82249)

Prominent earth mound roughly circular in shape with a ditch 2.0m wide by 0.4m deep around its eastern and southern edges and an outlet channel leading to the nearby creek. The mound measures 15.5m by 21.0m by 1.4m high and is likely to be a red hill associated with salt working during the Iron Age and Roman periods.

NRHE data transfer: September 1999. Field survey. An earth mound, probably a red hill and ditch located on Old Hall Marshes next to a creek. The mound roughly circular in shape measures 15.5m by 21.0m by 1.4m high. The ditch, 2.0m wide by 0.4m deep runs around the eastern and southern edges of the mound, with an outlet channel leading into the nearby creek. The ditch may have served to bring saltwater as close as possible to the red hill for transfer to settling tanks and hearths. Alternatively it may have been cut after the formation of the mound possibly to drain it for small scale cultivation. Both mound and ditch are visible as earthworks and were recorded by English Heritage in September 1999. See archive plan at 1:1000 scale and the Old Hall Marshes Report. <1> <2> <3> Note: This may be one of the eight red hills recorded by EHER 18963.