Cropmarks of undated rectangular enclosure, linear features and ring ditches, Mucking Heath (EHER 5226)
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Summary
Cropmarks of undated features including a small rectangular enclosure, linear features, ring ditches and a possible trackway are visible on aerial photographs on Mucking Heath. It is possible that the rectangular enclosure dates from the Iron Age. Monitoring of a single house in the north-west corner found no archaeological remains.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TQ 658 804 (1036m by 776m) |
|---|---|
| Unitary Authority | THURROCK, ESSEX |
Type and Period
Description
Cropmarks: small rectangular enclosure. <1> <2>
Linear features, ring ditches, and a possible trackway, also on aerial photographs and plotted. <2> <3> <4>
See EHERs 1856-1862, 5158-5165, 5191, and 5218-5225 for nearby Orsett 'Cock' and Causewayed enclosure cropmark complexes, including excavated cropmarks.
Archaeological monitoring on a single house site found no surviving archaeological deposits. <2>
See also <5> <6>.
Information from NRHE:
A single square enclosure, tending to rectangularity was recorded by aerial photography at this location. It may be of Iron Age date. <7>
Sources
- <1> SEX1435 DESC TEXT: Priddy, D.A.. 1979. SMR.
- <2> SEX71672 Watching Brief Report: Pozorski, Z.. 2013. Orsett Golf Club, Brentwood Road, Chadwell St Mary, Essex: Archaeological monitoring and recording.
- <3> SEX18032 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1976. BVX 44. Date 1976:7.
- <4> SEX22419 Map: Ingle, C.J., Strachan, D., Tyler, S. and Saunders, H.. 1993-2017. NMP Cropmark Plot - 1:10,000. paper. 1:10,000. TQ68SE Cropmark plot.
- <5> SEX60945 Desk-Based Assessment: Bennett, A.. 1988. The North Thames Gas Pipeline.
- <6> SEX68901 DESC TEXT: Palmer, R. and Bacilieri, C.. 2004. East Tilbury Thames Gateway, Area Centred TQ6779, Essex.
- <7> SEX54357 Monograph: Whimster, R.. 1981. BAR 90 - Burial practices in Iron Age Britain: a discussion and gazetteer of the evidence c 700 BC- AD 43. p. 340.
Related Events (1)
Other References
- Old SMR Number: TQ68-071
- NRHE identifier: 621930
- National Monuments Record: TQ 68 SE 28