Undated cropmark complex including remains of a salt working site, Chigborough Farm (EHER 7928)

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Cropmarks of ring ditches, enclosures, linear features, rectilinear field system, rectangular and circular structures?, (?)trackways, pits in field adjacent to Vaulty Manor.

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Grid reference	Centred TL 880 083 (1508m by 1405m)
Civil Parish	GOLDHANGER, MALDON, ESSEX

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Cropmarks centred on above NGR: ring ditches, enclosures, linear features, rectilinear field system, rectangular and circular structures?, (?)trackways, pits in field adjacent to Vaulty Manor. Apparently was a salt panning site (according to B. Watts). <1> According to OS field report of 1976, "no significant features seen on the ground which is under cultivation and no trace of salt working found. The area lies on a gravel terrace to the N. of the R. Blackwater". <1> <2> See aerial photographs <3> - <17>. NRHE data transfer: TL 885087: Cropmarks, ring ditches, enclosures, linear features. This was apparently a salt panning site. <8> September 1976. Field survey. The cropmarks visible on the above air photographs appear to represent part of a rectangular enclosure centred TL 8865 0820, and 'U' linear ditches. No significant features seen on the ground which is under cultivation, and no trace of saltworkings found. The area lies on a gravel terrace to the north of the River Blackwater. <18>

Sources

<1> SEX8228 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Savory, L.. unknown. SMR - Archaeological Record Form.
<2> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TL80NE40, 1976.
<3> SEX25529 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1972. BJC 32.
<4> SEX25530 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1978. CJC 42-46.
<5> SEX25531 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1972. TL8808-3-120. Date 1972:7.
<6> SEX25532 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1973. TL8805-5-40. Date 1973:6.
<7> SEX25533 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1977. TL8808-18-91. Date 1977:6.
<8> SEX25249 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1972. TL8808-2-118. Date 1972:7.
<9> SEX58066 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1988. 82-3, 5, 6.
<10> SEX58065 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1988. 122-3, 4.
<11> SEX58064 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1988. 115-3, 4, 5.
<12> SEX58063 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1989. 108-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
<13> SEX67486 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1970. BCA 19.
<14> SEX67487 Aerial Photograph: Strachan, D.. 1995. CP/95/6/3.
<15> SEX22419 Map: Ingle, C.J., Strachan, D., Tyler, S. and Saunders, H.. 1993-2017. NMP Cropmark Plot - 1:10,000. paper. 1:10,000.
<16> SEX67488 Aerial Photograph: NMR. 1983. TL8808/24/2169.
<17> SEX73389 Aerial Photograph (Digital): Saunders, H.. 2015. EX15/06/074-089.
<18> SEX75700 PERSONAL OBSERVATION: Ordnance Survey. Field Investigator's Comments. PAS 30-SEP-76.

Other References

Old SMR Number: TL80-063
NRHE identifier: 380745
National Monuments Record: TL 80 NE 40