Bronze Age cropmarks of a ring ditch near Helions Bumpstead (EHER 17085)

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Cropmarks of a penannular ring ditch.

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Grid reference	Centred TL 648 413 (374m by 363m)
Civil Parish	HELIONS BUMPSTEAD, BRAINTREE, ESSEX

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Description

Cropmarks of a penannular ring ditch. <1> The ring ditch, which probably represents a ploughed-out round barrow, is approximately 10m in diameter with an entrance. <2>

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<1> SEX43437 Aerial Photograph: Strachan, D.. 1996. CP/96-60-15.
<2> SEX74454 Aerial Photograph (Digital): Saunders, H.. 2019. EX19/07/098-099.

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Old SMR Number: TL64SW

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