Undated possible pit, near River Stour (EHER 82848)

Alleged Danish entrenchment - probably chalk pit of uncertain date.

NRHE data transfer: Site of (TI) Danish entrenchment (OE). <1> June 1950. Field visit. The site symbol (diagram omitted) shown on the 6" field sheet is in the centre of a deep hollow on the side of a hill which slopes in the general direction of the River Stour. The copse has been cut down recently and the stubbed out tree roots reveal that chalk exists at no very great depth below the natural clay top soil. The hollow is about 6 metres in depth at the south end and it seems likely that this is an old abandoned chalk pit - medieval perhaps. I found nothing of archaeological interest in the soil which has been much disturbed by the stubbing out of roots. In addition, as the site is on a hill side it seems hardly a suitable site for a military encampment. I have been unable to find any references to this site nor did enquiries produce any local traditions about it. Sketch of the feature below; all hedges and fences have now gone although the old limits of the copse are still visible. (Diagram omitted). <2>