Prehistoric ring ditches, Badley Hall (EHER 2457)

Cropmarks show a group of at least 25 ring ditches plus other linear features. One has been excavated in 1964 (detailed in EHER 2460), and the field north of Carringtons Farm containing the cropmarks of a rectilinear field system and a small subrectangular enclosure was trial trenched (30 trenches) in 2010. Twenty-one features were field ditches (mostly undated) which share a SW-NE alignment with the present-day field boundaries (also undated but presumed to be post-medieval).

Cropmarks show a group of at least 25 ring ditches plus other linear features. These probably relate to nearby cropmarks (EHER 2460), one has been excavated. <1>-<19> The field north of Carrington's Farm containing the cropmarks of a rectilinear field system and a small subrectangular enclosure was trial trenched (30 trenches). Twenty-one features were field ditches (mostly undated) which share a SW-NE alignment with the present-day field boundaries (also undated but presumed to be post-medieval). <22> The small cropmark enclosure may be of prehistoric date. Three pits produced prehistoric pottery and flints. One sherd is Late Iron Age in date and two others possibly so. <22> Aerial photographs taken in 2024 show field boundaries and pits located to the north-west of the Scheduled area <27>