Cropmarks of undated ring ditches, Thorndon Park Golf Course (EHER 5518)

Cropmarks of one large undated ring ditch and approximately three small undated ring ditches clustered together to the south are visible on aerial photographs. These features may be small enclosures or hut circles associated with each other.

One large ring ditch at NGR TQ 6196 9116, approximately three small ring ditches in a cluster to the south at TQ 6196 9107. <1> <2> The area of site used as a golf course. Any reworking of the layout of the golf course should avoid the area of the cropmark. <3> NRHE data transfer: NRHE 1615748: Cropmarks of a small ring ditch of uncertain date are visible on English Heritage Reconnaissance photographs <4> taken on 8th September 2009. It is located at TQ 6201 9118 on Thorndon Park Golf Course, lying roughly 20m west of New Hall Pond. It is defined by a single ditch approximately 8m wide. The feature is crossed by parallel drainage ditches which probably post-date it. NRHE 1615750: Cropmarks of a small ring ditch of uncertain date are visible on EH Reconnaissance photographs <5> taken on 8th September 2009. It is located at TQ 6206 9108 on Thorndon Park Golf Course, lying roughly 20m west of the southern edge of New Hall Pond. It is defined by a single ditch approximately 4m wide. The feature is crossed by parallel drainage ditches which probably post-date it. It may have been a small enclosure or hut circle within the medieval territory of Thorndon Hall landscape park. Another small ring ditch of the same size is visible approximately 10m to the south, recorded as NRHE 1615752 (see below). They are visible on Google Earth images from 2017 as slight earthworks <6>. A larger ring ditch, NRHE 1615748 (see above), is also located 140m north-west, and they may be small enclosures or hut circles associated with each other. NRHE 1615752: Cropmarks of a small ring ditch are visible on EH Reconnaissance photographs taken on 8th September 2009 <5>. It is located at TQ 6207 9106 on Thorndon Park Golf Course, lying roughly 25m west of the southern edge of New Hall Pond. It is defined by a single ditch approximately 4m wide. The feature is crossed by parallel drainage ditches which probably post-date it and it may have been a small enclosure within the territory of Thorndon Hall landscape park. Another small ring ditch of the same size is visible approximately 10m to the north, recorded as NRHE 1615750 (see above). They are visible on Google Earth images from 2017 as slight earthworks <6>. A larger ring ditch, NRHE 1615748 (see above), is also located 140m north-west and they may be small enclosures or hut circles associated with each other.