Bronze Age ring ditches and rectangular enclosure, West of Lawford (EHER 2765)
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Summary
Cropmarks of at least three Bronze Age ring ditches, plus linear features. A large rectangular enclosure was seen as cropmarks on air photographs in 1979 which a double ditched trackway seeming leading to it.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TM 081 312 (590m by 606m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LAWFORD, TENDRING, ESSEX |
Type and Period
Description
Cropmarks of at least three ring ditches, plus linear features. <1> - <10>
A small sub rectangular enclosure, with double ditched trackway possibly leading to it, a `pit' scatter plus two further ring ditches also plotted and on Aerial photographs. <3> - <11>
Information from two NRHE records.
TM 080314. Probable Bronze Age ring ditches seen as cropmarks on air photographs. <12> <3>
TM 083315. A large rectangular enclosure was recorded as a cropmark from aerial photography in 1979 east of four ring ditches (TM 03 SE 28). <13>
Sources
- <1> SEX4 DESC TEXT: Unknown. 1960 onwards. SMR form unknown.
- <2> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TM03SE28, 1977.
- <3> SEX9828 Aerial Photograph: Farrands, R.H.. 1962. 101.7. Date 1962:7.
- <4> SEX9795 Aerial Photograph: NMR. 1975. TM0830/2/35-36. Date 1975:7.
- <5> SEX9829 Aerial Photograph: NMR. 1975. TM0731/2/30. Date 1975:7.
- <6> SEX9802 Aerial Photograph: NMR. 1975. TM0731/1/29. Date 1975:7.
- <7> SEX9830 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1976. BXJ 14.
- <8> SEX9831 Aerial Photograph: McMaster, I.. 1979. 3.8. Date 1979:7.
- <9> SEX9832 Aerial Photograph: McMaster, I.. 1979. B.7.122. Date 1979:7.
- <10> SEX9833 Aerial Photograph: Adkins, P.. unknown. TM03-062.
- <11> SEX22419 Map: Ingle, C.J., Strachan, D., Tyler, S. and Saunders, H.. 1993-2017. NMP Cropmark Plot - 1:10,000. paper. 1:10,000. TM03SE.
- <12> SEX75710 Report: ECC. Essex Planning Department. Essex Planning Dept No 062..
- <13> SEX76472 Article in serial: Farrands, R.H.. 1980. 1979 cropmarks. Colchester Archaeological Group Annual Bulletin. 23. 12. p. 14.
Other References
- Old SMR Number: TM03-062
- NRHE identifier: 386593
- National Monuments Record: TM 03 SE 28
- NRHE identifier: 924629