Multiperiod cropmark complexes, consisting of enclosures, ring ditches, pits and linear features, East of Mill House, Chadwell St Mary (EHER 1753)

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A multi-period cropmark complexes consisting of enclosures, ring ditches, pits and linear features.

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Grid reference	Centred TQ 6615 7877 (421m by 242m)
Unitary Authority	THURROCK, ESSEX

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Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import. Complex of cropmarks at Mill House Farm north of Muckingford Road. Theu comprise of rectilinear enclosures and ditch alignments, linear features, ring ditches, penannular ditches and pits. <1> <2> <3> <4> Cropmarks of a ring ditch cut by Linford Road, others of rectangular and circular enclosures, parallel ditches. Centred TQ 663788, visible on APs. <5> <6> <8> <11> <12> Plot of cropmarks in SMR. <7> Sketch plan of cropmarks from MEC JC 8 in record. <9> Aerofilms APs also of site. <10> <14> <15> <18> Cropmarks recorded in 1970 at Mill House. Both wheat and barley had produced cropmarks. Aerofilms and Dr. J.K. St Joseph had already recorded the ring ditch cut by Linford Road. The good conditions of 1970 illustrate another area of dense ancient settlement, with rectangular and circular enclosures and parallel ditches. <13> Other references <16> This site now includes the details of former site EHER 1763 which had been wrongly located. The Survey of West Tilbury Ao1581 vltimo die augusti Written survey with map extracts, in original language. <17>

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<1> SEX4 DESC TEXT: Unknown. 1960 onwards. SMR form unknown.
<2> SEX6057 LIST: Thurrock Museum. unknown. Thurrock Museum Register.
<3> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TQ67NE40, 1977.
<4> SEX6331 DESC TEXT: Jones, M.U. and Catton, J.P.J.. 1971. Mill House, West Tilbury. No 14, p38.
<5> SEX6328 Aerial Photograph: Catton, J.P.J.. unknown. MEC-JC-8, 9, 10.
<6> SEX6329 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. unknown. BBS71-75.
<7> SEX74 MENTION: Unknown. unknown. SMR.
<8> SEX6332 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1975. BVX 49, 50.
<9> SEX6333 Map: Catton, J.P.J.. 1971. Mill House, West Tilbury.
<10> SEX6395 Aerial Photograph: St Joseph, J.K.. unknown. AOI64-69.
<11> SEX6335 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1961. ADI-34.
<12> SEX6336 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1973. BNT 6,8. 2 frames.
<13> SEX6274 DESC TEXT: Journal of the Thurrock Local History Society. 1971. Panorama. Vol 14, p.38 and 40.
<14> SEX6396 Aerial Photograph: St Joseph, J.K.. unknown. AFK22.
<15> SEX6397 Aerial Photograph: St Joseph, J.K.. unknown. YG68-70.
<16> SEX3079 DESC TEXT: Rodwell, W.J.. unknown. SMR.
<17> SEX63766 DESC TEXT: Walker, J.. 1584. The Survey of West Tilbury Ao1581 vltimo die augusti.
<18> SEX6246 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1972. TQ6678-7-165. July 1979.
<19> SEX68901 DESC TEXT: Palmer, R. and Bacilieri, C.. 2004. East Tilbury Thames Gateway, Area Centred TQ6779, Essex.
<20> SEX22419 Map: Ingle, C.J., Strachan, D., Tyler, S. and Saunders, H.. 1993-2017. NMP Cropmark Plot - 1:10,000. paper. 1:10,000.
<21> SEX74136 Aerial Photograph (Digital): Saunders, H.. 2019. EX19/02/021-022, 027.
<22> SEX76272 Aerial Photograph (Digital): Saunders, H.. 2024. EX24/05/018-022.

Other References

Old SMR Number: TQ67-052
Old SMR Number: 1763
Old SMR Number: TQ67-048
NRHE identifier: 413500
National Monuments Record: TQ 67 NE 40