Cropmarks of Bronze Age ring ditches and undated pits, trackways and linear features, east of Ardleigh village (EHER 2464)
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Summary
Cropmarks showing ring ditches, pits, trackways and linear features. One of the ring ditches was excavated in 1979 and is detailed separately in EHER 3338.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TM 0560 2935 (540m by 360m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | ARDLEIGH, TENDRING, ESSEX |
Type and Period
Description
Cropmarks showing ring ditches, pits, trackways and linear features. <1> <2>
Cropmark plot in EHER shows a group of three ring ditches. <3>
The central ring ditch was excavated by the Central Unit in 1979 (detailed in EHER 3338), and shown to be Early Bronze Age, but no trace of the others was found. Instead the excavated ring ditch is described as an "apparently isolated" example. <4>
Other references <5>-<114>
Sources
- <1> SEX8228 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Savory, L.. unknown. SMR - Archaeological Record Form.
- <2> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TM02NE45, 1977.
- <3> SEX74 MENTION: Unknown. unknown. SMR.
- <4> SEX1633 Article in serial: Eddy, M.R. (ed.). 1980. Excavations in Essex, 1979. Essex Archaeology and History. 16(1). 39-50. p39.
- <5> SEX8703 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1978. CGE 6, 7.
- <6> SEX8704 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1959. ZK 97. Date 1959:7.
- <7> SEX8705 Aerial Photograph: Farrands, R.H.. 1959. 70.4. Date 1959:6.
- <8> SEX8706 Aerial Photograph: Farrands, R.H.. 1959. 71.6. Date 1959:7.
- <9> SEX8707 Aerial Photograph: McMaster, I.. 1980. 11-15. Date 1980:7.
- <10> SEX8708 Aerial Photograph: McMaster, I.. 1979. 5.18. Date 1979:7.
- <11> SEX8709 Aerial Photograph: NMR. 1978. TM0529-?-275, 279. Date 1978:6.
- <12> SEX8710 Aerial Photograph: Erith, F.H.. unknown. TM02-071. unref.
- <13> SEX22419 Map: Ingle, C.J., Strachan, D., Tyler, S. and Saunders, H.. 1993-2017. NMP Cropmark Plot - 1:10,000. paper. 1:10,000.
- <14> SEX71180 DESC TEXT: Strachan, D.. 1995. Ardleigh, Essex: Air photographic transcription of a crop mark complex near Colchester.
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Other References
- Old SMR Number: TM02-072