Cropmarks of undated field system, enclosure, ring ditches and pits, north of Aingers Green (EHER 3105)

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Summary

Extensive cropmarks comprising elements of a rectilinear field system and rectangular enclosures are visible on aerial photographs.

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Grid reference	Centred TM 120 209 (1682m by 1288m)
Civil Parish	GREAT BENTLEY, TENDRING, ESSEX

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Description

Linear cropmarks comprising elements of a rectilinear field system and rectangular enclosures, some subdivided. Also three small ring ditches at TM 119 210 and a single ring ditch to the east at TM 125 208. Clusters of pits are also visible. <1> - <18> A small site to the south of this area was excavated in 2009 but no prehistoric remains were uncovered. See EHER 47474, EHER 81800 and EHER 81801 for details of medieval to 19th century features. <19> NRHE data import: TM 1248 2081. Crop mark of an irregular ring 15 metres in diameter. <3> [this ring ditch does not correlate with those included in the NMP cropmark transcription, but falls within an area of extraction, originally interpreted as a tree hole].

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<1> SEX11236 DESC TEXT: Savory, L.. unknown. TM12.060.
<2> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TM12SW29, 1977.
<3> SEX11238 Article in serial: Farrands, R.H. with McMaster, I.. 1976. Cropmarks. Colchester Archaeological Group Bulletin. 19. Vol 19, p22-3.
<4> SEX11239 Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1974. MAL/038/74/204, 206.
<5> SEX11240 Aerial Photograph: Potato Marketing Board. 1974. PMB/4/038/74/178.
<6> SEX11241 Aerial Photograph: NMR. 1976. TM1121/3/225-226. Date 1976:6.
<7> SEX11242 Aerial Photograph: NMR. 1976. TM1220/1/210. Date 1976:6.
<8> SEX11243 Aerial Photograph: NMR. 1976. TM1120/3/199-200. Date 1976:6.
<9> SEX11244 Aerial Photograph: NMR. 1976. TM1121/1/212-213. Date 1976:6.
<10> SEX11245 Aerial Photograph: NMR. 1976. TM1221/1/217-218. Date 1976:6.
<11> SEX11246 Aerial Photograph: NMR. 1977. TM1120/6/199. Date 1977:6.
<12> SEX11221 Aerial Photograph: Farrands, R.H.. 1974. 124.5.
<13> SEX57707 Aerial Photograph: Rogers, P.. 1993. SWBW17-12.
<14> SEX22419 Map: Ingle, C.J., Strachan, D., Tyler, S. and Saunders, H.. 1993-2017. NMP Cropmark Plot - 1:10,000. paper. 1:10,000.
<15> SEX66934 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1950. 58/562/5034.
<16> SEX66935 Aerial Photograph: Strachan, D.. 1996. CP/96/50/5.
<17> SEX66936 Aerial Photograph: NMR. 1990. TM1220/6/37.
<18> SEX69783 Aerial Photograph (Digital): Saunders, H.. 2010. EX10/05/069-075.
<19> SEX69824 Report: Ennis, T.. 2010. Land off St Mary's Road, Aingers Green, Great Bentley, Essex - Archaeological Evaluation and Excavation.
<20> SEX73205 Aerial Photograph (Digital): Saunders, H.. 2015. EX15/03/096-104.

Related Events (1)

Archaeological Intervention: Evaluation by FAG (ECC) at land off St Mary's Road, Aingers Green, Great Bentley, 2009 (Ref: GBEA09) (EEX55949)

Other References

Old SMR Number: TM12-060
NRHE identifier: 387940
National Monuments Record: TM 12 SW 29