Cropmarks of Neolithic long mortuary enclosure and Bronze Age barrows, 460m north-west of Mill Farm (EHER 7025)

The buried remains of an oblong Neolithic long mortuary enclosure and an associated smaller mortuary enclosure immediately adjacent, a group of three Bronze Age bowl barrows to the north and a large circular barrow to the south east. Although the mortuary enclosures and barrows are no longer easily visible on the ground, their infilled ditches can be seen from the air as cropmarks and on the ground as depressions in the ploughsoil. Scheduled.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Cropmarks of ring ditches and an oval enclosure which may be from a long barrow. The oval enclosure has a small oval-apsidal possible enclosure immediately west of it, on the same alignment. Two ring ditches lie to the north and also a possible oblong enclosure (very faint). There is a further ring ditch in the adjacent field to the west. There is a very large circular enclosure east of the oval enclosure and a small ring ditch lies south of the circular enclosure (which itself may be a large ring ditch). <1> Cropmarks also include linear ditches, some contemporary with existing field boundaries but others presumably earlier. Also, a large irregular feature lies east of the oval enclosure, north of the circular enclosure noted above. The area was field walked in 1982-83 but no finds were recovered. However, the two circular cropmarks near the oval enclosure showed in the ploughsoil as depressions up to 1m deep, rimmed with finer, lighter gravel. The ring ditch (possible apsidal cropmark) west of the oval enclosure was unknown at the time of the survey. It was hoped to examine this feature in the future. <2> Cropmark plan in <2>. On maps the ring ditch west of the oval enclosure is shown with a central pit. <3> The long mortuary enclosure and barrows are now scheduled ancient monuments No.s 32416/01-32416/03. <4> The area has been fieldwalked by Haverhill and District Archaeological Group, however, no finds were made. <5> Site Assessment: Visited in May 1999, the field containing the cropmarks is drilled annually and grows cereal crops, usually barley. There is therefore general gradual attrition of the monuments. This land use had not changed within living memory of the owner. <6> Aerial photographs: <7> - <25>