Cropmarks of multiperiod features, Broomfield Plantation, Alresford (EHER 2273)

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Cropmarks of a rectangular enclosure, a group of oval features, part of a possible trackway, and possible penannular huts. Many of these features were excavated in 1984.

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Grid reference	Centred TM 070 196 (642m by 707m)
Civil Parish	ALRESFORD, TENDRING, ESSEX

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Cropmarks, consisting of a double-ditched rectangular enclosure with the entrance on the west side, a group of oval features, part of a possible trackway, and possible penannular huts. This site links up with TM02.16. <1> AP refs: <2>-<6> Mapped on the NMR <7> Many of these features were excavated in 1984 <8>

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<1> SEX4 DESC TEXT: Unknown. 1960 onwards. SMR form unknown.
<2> SEX7969 Aerial Photograph: NMR. 1974. TM0719/1/121. Date 1974:6.
<3> SEX7970 Aerial Photograph: NMR. 1974. TM0719/2/126. Date 1974:6.
<4> SEX7971 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1970. BCA 40.
<5> SEX7972 Aerial Photograph: St Joseph, J.K.. 1970. CUCAP BCA 43. Date 1970:6.
<6> SEX7973 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1959. ZZ66.
<7> SEX22419 Map: Ingle, C.J., Strachan, D., Tyler, S. and Saunders, H.. 1993-2017. NMP Cropmark Plot - 1:10,000. paper. 1:10,000.
<8> SEX6924 Article in serial: Bedwin, O.. 1986. The Excavation of Three Ring Ditches at Broomfield Plantation Quarry, Alresford, Essex. Essex Archaeology and History. 17. 69-81.

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National Monuments Record: TM 01 NE 37