Undated cropmark complex of trackways, enclosures and ring ditches near Maypole Road (EHER 7985)

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Cropmarks of trackways, irregular enclosures and ring ditches.

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Grid reference	Centred TL 846 093 (678m by 965m)
Civil Parish	LANGFORD, MALDON, ESSEX

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Cropmarks of trackways, irregular enclosures, ring ditches. <1> A cropmark complex (around 0.5 square km) with several trackways associated with enclosures (rectilinear - possible fields, subrectangular, circular); irregular pits; linear features; and ring ditches. Some of the field boundaries are shown on the Ordnance Survey 6-inch map. <2> - <17> See aerial photographs <18> - <26>. Note: One of the ditched trackways appears to continue to the west, where it has been excavated. See EHER 7870 for the cropmark plot and EHER 45958 for the excavated results. Also note that the north-south trackway in the centre of the mapped area may have been detected as a gravel deposit during a watching brief in 2016, see EHER 81932. NRHE data transfer: Parallel linear ditches emerge from Longford Park travelling in a south-south-east direction. They merge with the existing straight line of road to Maldon (RR107a). If this is Roman its projection north-north-west could take it beyond the Colchester-Roman road to the Rivenhall Roman Villa, EHER 80674. <27>

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<1> SEX20807 MENTION: Priddy, D.A.. unknown. SMR.
<2> SEX25773 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1969. AXQ29.
<3> SEX25774 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1971. BFJ 79, 81-82.
<4> SEX25775 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1971. BFX 63.
<5> SEX25776 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1972. BJJ 36-37.
<6> SEX25777 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1976. BXA 92.
<7> SEX25778 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1976. BXR 45.
<8> SEX25779 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1976. BZS 29.
<9> SEX25780 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1978. CGE 028-029.
<10> SEX25781 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1979. CJC 35-36, 38.
<11> SEX25782 Aerial Photograph: NMR. 1975. TL8509/3/421. Date 1975:7.
<12> SEX25783 Aerial Photograph: NMR. 1976. TL8409/15/50-51. Date 1976:6.
<13> SEX25784 Aerial Photograph: NMR. 1976. TL8409/16/88-89. Date 1976:6.
<14> SEX25785 Aerial Photograph: NMR. 1979. TL8409/1/293, 309, 312, 314, 317. Date 1979:7.
<15> SEX25786 Aerial Photograph: McMaster, I.. 1980. 57, 58, 59. Date 1980:8.
<16> SEX22419 Map: Ingle, C.J., Strachan, D., Tyler, S. and Saunders, H.. 1993-2017. NMP Cropmark Plot - 1:10,000. paper. 1:10,000.
<17> SEX53053 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1872-1890. Ordnance Survey 6 inch (1st Edition). OS. Paper. 1:10,560.
<18> SEX52310 Aerial Photograph: Rogers, P.. unknown. 4/4,4/7-8,4/11-12.
<19> SEX52311 Aerial Photograph: 1993. B-161, B-165.
<20> SEX67459 Aerial Photograph: ECC. 1960. ECC/5280/R23/051.
<21> SEX67460 Aerial Photograph: NMR. 1979. TL8409/19/299.
<22> SEX67480 Aerial Photograph: NMR. 1986. TL8409/26/33.
<23> SEX68326 Aerial Photograph: Saunders, H.. 2008. CP/08/01/11.
<24> SEX68327 Aerial Photograph: Saunders, H.. 2008. CP/08/02/01-02.
<25> SEX68328 Aerial Photograph: Saunders, H.. 2008. CP/08/02/03.
<26> SEX70220 Aerial Photograph (Digital): Saunders, H.. 2011. EX11/06/019-022.
<27> SEX10430 Serial: McMaster, I.. 1981. Colchester Archaeological Group Annual Bulletin. 24. Farrands, R.H., p.23.

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Old SMR Number: TL80-100
NRHE identifier: 880267
National Monuments Record: TL 80 NW 48