Cropmark of Bronze Age ring ditch with central pit, North of Brightlingsea (EHER 2155)

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Bronze Age ring ditch seen as cropmark with central pit.

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Grid reference	Centred TM 084 183 (173m by 197m)
Civil Parish	BRIGHTLINGSEA, TENDRING, ESSEX

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Ring ditch with central `pit'. <1> - <4> Nothing was mapped for the original NMP at this location, but a ring-ditch was clearly visible on OS photography viewed as part of the NMP update 2009. The ring-ditch is 25m in diameter with a large central pit <5> <6> <7>

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<1> SEX4 DESC TEXT: Unknown. 1960 onwards. SMR form unknown.
<2> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TM01NE24, 1977.
<3> SEX7556 Aerial Photograph: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1960. 18-43.
<4> SEX7245 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1972. BIW 70.
<5> SEX68826 Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1972. OS/72/190/67.
<6> SEX22419 Map: Ingle, C.J., Strachan, D., Tyler, S. and Saunders, H.. 1993-2017. NMP Cropmark Plot - 1:10,000. paper. 1:10,000.
<7> SEX75710 Report: ECC. Essex Planning Department. Essex Planning Dept No 029.

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Old SMR Number: TM01-029
NRHE identifier: 385995
National Monuments Record: TM 01 NE 24

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