Cropmarks of undated settlement, north of Brightlingsea (EHER 2141)
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Summary
Cropmarks around this area including a sub-rectangular enclosure with rounded corners and its entrance on the northern side. Cropmarks indicating possible settlement, date unknown.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TM 0876 1805 (697m by 709m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BRIGHTLINGSEA, TENDRING, ESSEX |
Type and Period
Description
Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import.
Cropmarks around this area including a sub-rectangular enclosure with rounded corners and its entrance on the north-eastern side.
On the south side there is a ditch. Around this area are many pits, some quite large and possibly Early Medieval sunken featured buildings. Parts of a rectilinear field system continue west and another rectangular enclosure, partially destroyed by a modern lane. Two linear ditches emerge from its east entrance and there are many pits in this area. Possibly 2 ring-ditches within it. <1> - <7>
A possible length of trackway 92m long is visible on OS photography. The length of trackway runs over an existing enclosure which was mapped as part of the original NMP . Two sides of a further possible enclosure are visible to the SE of this <9-10> <11> <12>
Sources
- <1> SEX15 DESC TEXT: Priddy, D.A.. unknown. SMR.
- <2> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TM01NE21, 1977.
- <3> SEX7481 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1976. BXM 106-107.
- <4> SEX7482 Aerial Photograph: NMR. 1976. TM0817/1/335-336. Date 1976:6.
- <5> SEX7483 Aerial Photograph: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1960. 18-35.
- <6> SEX7484 Aerial Photograph: NMR. 1974. TM0818/1/152-153. Date 1974:6.
- <7> SEX7485 Aerial Photograph: McMaster, I.. 1979. 1.28-1.29.
- <8> SEX68825 Aerial Photograph: Strachan, D.. 1996. CP/96/69/9.
- <9> SEX22419 Map: Ingle, C.J., Strachan, D., Tyler, S. and Saunders, H.. 1993-2017. NMP Cropmark Plot - 1:10,000. paper. 1:10,000.
- <10> SEX68826 Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1972. OS/72/190/67.
- <11> SEX75710 Report: ECC. Essex Planning Department. Essex County Planning Dept No 6020.
- <12> SEX10435 Article in serial: Farrands, R.H. and McMaster, I.. 1977. Cropmarks in the Year of the Drought. Colchester Archaeological Group Bulletin. pp. 15.
Other References
- Old SMR Number: TM01-020
- NRHE identifier: 385992
- National Monuments Record: TM 01 NE 21