Cropmarks of three undated ring ditches, possibly Late Iron Age round houses, north of Wickham Bonhunt (EHER 335)

Three ring-ditches with no gaps in their circuits are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs taken in 1967. The area was fieldwalked in 1975 revealing no trace of these features and no finds. It is possible that these features are Late Iron Age roundhouses, forming part of a group with one other round house excavated immediately to the west (EHER 45231).

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Soil marks of three circular ditches. A is about 24.0m, B about 36.0m and C about 30.0m in diameter. There are no gaps in the ditches. <1> March 1975. Field survey. A - C : No trace, on a prominent clay ridge under the plough; no finds made. The purpose of these ditches is uncertain. Though their prominent position is typical for barrows, they are somewhat large, and do not appear perfectly circular on air photos. Two other semi-circles at TL 5040 3380 are on a north facing slope and though similar to A-C are not the remains of barrows, their purpose is also uncertain. Plotted from OS aerial photographs. <2> <3> Excavations in 2002 immediately to the west on the line of the Cambridge to Matching Green gas pipeline (EHER 45231) revealed the probable remains of a Late Iron Age round house. The excavators of that site believed, on the basis of the size and morphology of that feature, that it is likely to have formed part of a group of Late Iron Age round houses along with the three circular features recorded as cropmarks at this location. See <4> for further information.