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Thesaurus Term/Concept: TRAPEZOIDAL ENCLOSURE

Identifier 70368
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note An area of land, roughly shaped like a trapezoid and enclosed by a boundary ditch, bank, wall, palisade or similar barrier.

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Instances/Examples (5)

Context Record
Monument Type MEX1054000 Early Iron Age univallate trapezoidal enclosure, 'North Enclosure', Mucking (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1051298 Iron Age trapezoidal enclosure identified at land at Elmstead Market, Elmstead (Monument)
Monument Type MEX6743 Late Iron Age to Roman multivallate defended complex including rhomboidal double-ditched enclosure, causeways and annexe at Orsett 'Cock' (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1051435 Medieval ridge and furrow and post-medieval field systems at Beaulieu Park Development, Chelmsford (Monument)
Monument Type MEX38163 Multi-phase and shifting Iron Age settlements, Mucking (Monument)