Cropmarks of undated rectangular enclosure (EHER 3875)

Cropmarks of a rectangular enclosure with a very broad ditch with entrance to north west are visible on aerial photographs. The enclosure also appears to have some internal features and an annexe.

Cropmark, rectangular enclosure with a very broad ditch with entrance to north west. Moated site? <1> <2> The feature is depicted on aerial photographs and the NMP cropmark plot. <3> - <6> Aerial photographs taken in 2007 show the enclosure has angular corners, internal maculae, an annexe and a narrow ditch surrounding the whole site. <7> Site Assessment: Fieldwalking and/or documentary work might help assess site and its date. Information from desk-based assessment, source <8>: 2004-2007. Metal detecting. A metal detector survey was undertaken in the northern extent of the site and covered the area of the moated site in 2004-2007. The survey identified a scatter of medieval coins which were mainly concentrated on the area of the platform and dated from the late 12th to the late 14th centuries. Artefacts of medieval date recorded from the periphery of the moated site comprised horse ornaments and fixtures. Desk-based assessment. Aerial photographs and the processed LiDAR imagery show that the enclosure has angular corners, internal maculae, and annex and a narrow ditch which surrounds the whole site. A small ditched enclosure lies to the north west. The southern and western arms of the moat are depicted on a plan of the parish of Berden from 1783, but is not depicted on mapping from the 19th century onwards. Geophysical survey. The geophysical survey identified three sides of the previously identified moated enclosure; the western side was not identified in the magnetic data. Linear anomalies in the north-eastern extent suggest some internal division. Other ditch-like anomalies and outlying enclosures on a similar alignment to the moated site are recorded to the north, south and east which indicates a wider area of fields and enclosure. <8>