Cropmarks of Roman road, enclosure and possible round barrows, north-west of Rectory Farm (EHER 4803)

Cropmarks of a double-ditched trackway aligned NW-SE which may be the Roman road from Great Chesterford to Radwinter (EHER 4986 and EHER 7317). Cropmarks of a rectilinear enclosure are visible in an aerial photograph from 2018, whilst older photographs 'revealed circles' which may be ploughed out round barrows, with central pits. Round barrows are also recorded nearby IN EHER 4794 and EHER 4857.

Aerial photographs of the M11 route revealed circles (ancient or modern). Roman road to Radwinter (EHER 4986) may pass through here. <1> <2> <3> Sketch plan on back of SMR sheet appears to show ring ditches, two complete with central pits, also a road and another cropmark. The features sketched on the back of the old SMR sheet are geological, but an NMR aerial photograph shows that there is a double-ditched trackway running NW-SE which has a branch off its main alignment which appears to curve around to the south-east. Another linear feature cuts across/or is cut by the main NW-SE trackway. To the south are three ring-ditches (EHER 4794). <4> <5> Note: A ring ditch is also recorded on the old NMP cropmark plot to the south-west, see EHER 4857. Both EHER 4794 and EHER 4875 are suggested to be the remains of ploughed out round barrows. The 2018 aerial photographs show a continuation of the trackway to the north-west and there is an additional rectilinear enclosure visible. <7> See aerial photograph <8>. The trackway and a small rectangular enclosure were recorded on aerial photographs in 2024. <9> See also <10>. Note: This cropmark may represent a section of the Roman road recorded in EHER 4986 to the north-west and EHER 7317 to the south-east.