Extensive undated cropmark complex, Ulting Grove (EHER 7963)
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Summary
Very extensive cropmark complex of a dense field system and agricultural activity. It is overall rectilinear in form with a trackway network, fields, small paddocks and enclosures.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 8171 0965 (992m by 796m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | ULTING, MALDON, ESSEX |
Type and Period
Description
"Very extensive cropmark complex, of dense field system/agricultural activity, rectilinear in form with trackway network, fields, small paddocks and enclosures". <1>
Site on river gravel, under plough. <2>
See aerial photographs <3> - <22>
Ring ditches, linear features also on aerial photographs and plotted. <23> - <26>
Note: The cropmark complex appears to extend into the area recorded by EHER 7964 to the west and EHER 7961 to the south-east. It may also be contemporary with the features recorded by EHER 7965 to the far west.
Sources
- <1> SEX74 MENTION: Unknown. unknown. SMR.
- <2> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TL80NW25.
- <3> SEX25657 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1962. AFJ86, 87.
- <4> SEX25658 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1972. BJJ 59.
- <5> SEX25659 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1975. BVA 014.
- <6> SEX25660 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1976. BZK 37, 42, 43.
- <7> SEX25661 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1976. BZS 10, 12, 14.
- <8> SEX25662 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1978. CGE 040, 041, 042, 043, 045.
- <9> SEX25663 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1972. TL8109-2-440, 443. Date 1972:7.
- <10> SEX25664 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1973. TL8109-3-243. Date 1973:6.
- <11> SEX25665 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1973. TL8109-4-246. Date 1973:6.
- <12> SEX25666 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1975. TL8109-8-346. Date 1975:7.
- <13> SEX25667 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1975. TL8109-10-368, 369. Date 1975:7.
- <14> SEX25668 Aerial Photograph: NMR. 1976. TL8109/12/53-55, 58. Date 1976:6.
- <15> SEX25669 Aerial Photograph: NMR. 1976. TL8109/13/59. Date 1976:6.
- <16> SEX25670 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1976. TL8109-14-70. Date 1976:6.
- <17> SEX25671 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1977. TL8109-16-66, 67, 71, 76. Date 1977:6.
- <18> SEX25672 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1980. TL8109-23-41. Date 1980:7.
- <19> SEX25673 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1980. TL8109-30-23. Date 1980:7.
- <20> SEX69358 Aerial Photograph (Digital): Saunders, H.. 2009. EX/09/03/022-024.
- <21> SEX72954 Aerial Photograph (Digital): Saunders, H.. 2015. EX15/01/060-080, 122-125.
- <22> SEX73426 Aerial Photograph (Digital): Saunders, H.. 2017. EX17/04/036-041.
- <23> SEX67455 Aerial Photograph: NMR. 1980. TL8109/34/1829/010.
- <24> SEX67456 Aerial Photograph: NMR. 1976. TL8109/13/60-61.
- <25> SEX22419 Map: Ingle, C.J., Strachan, D., Tyler, S. and Saunders, H.. 1993-2017. NMP Cropmark Plot - 1:10,000. paper. 1:10,000.
- <26> SEX53053 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1872-1890. Ordnance Survey 6 inch (1st Edition). OS. Paper. 1:10,560.
Related Monuments/Buildings (3)
- Related to: Cropmarks of undated trackway and rectangular enclosure, Ashfield Farm (Monument) (EHER 7965)
- Related to: Undated cropmark complex including Bronze Age ring ditch, north and north-east of Ulting Hall (Monument) (EHER 7964)
- Related to: Undated cropmark complex, east of Stammer's Farm (Monument) (EHER 7961)
Other References
- Old SMR Number: TL80-086