Cropmarks of Bronze Age ring ditch and undated enclosure, Vicinty of Brightlingsea (EHER 2276)

Rectangular enclosure with an entrance on the south east corner, but little of the west side visible.

Information from two NRHE records merged with original HER entry Undated rectangular enclosure with an entrance on the south east corner, but little of the west side visible. It is visible of cropmarks. <1> <3> Inside, in the north east corner, is a ring-ditch with a gap to the south west. There is another large ring-ditch north of the enclosure with an entrance to the north east, this is bounded to the north by a short stretch of double-ditched trackway, and to the east by another such trackway which cuts through the enclosure. Further north is another ring-ditch with a central pit, dated to the Bronze Age. <3> AP refs: <2>-<7> Site Assessment = Gravel extraction taking place, enclosure already quarried away in 1974. Additional reference <9>