Cropmarks of probably prehistoric field system, rectilinear enclosure and possible Bronze Age round barrows, west of Croachmans Farm, Great Wakering (EHER 11158)

Cropmarks of linear features and a ring ditch were first recorded on an aerial photograph taken in 1974. The ring ditch was rectified for the NMP cropmark plot. Subsequent Google Earth aerial imagery from 2010 and 2018 has revealed at least three ring ditches amongst a network of linear features. The three ring ditches may be the remains of Bronze Age round barrows, whilst the linear features may represent multi-period prehistoric activity. Also recorded is at least one possible small rectilinear enclosure.

Cropmarks of linear features and a ring ditch. <1> <2> A ring ditch is recorded on the NMP cropmark plot. <3> Google Earth imagery from 2010 and 2018 depicts at least three ring ditches amongst a network of linear features. The three ring ditches may be the remains of Bronze Age round barrows. The linear ditches, which are probably field boundaries, are on several alignments and may represent multi-period prehistoric activity. There is at least one possible small rectilinear enclosure. <4> <5> Note: An excavation approximately 150m to the north-west in 1994 recorded two phases of field system: one dated to the Middle Bronze Age and the later phase to the Late Iron Age/Early Roman period (or possibly later). The artefactual remains of a Middle Bronze Age site that had been destroyed by quarrying were also recovered and may be associated with these cropmarks. See EHER 16848.