Monument record KDG 017 - Parallel ditches, possibly a cursus of unknown date, visible as cropmarks.

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Summary

Parallel ditch cropmarks, possible cursus? Ditches circa 20m apart, running E-W/ENE-WSW with indistinct ?terminal at W end. Partly on former field boundaries suggesting Post Medieval date.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 7050 4725 (322m by 169m) Centred on
Map sheet TL74NW
Civil Parish KEDINGTON, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Parallel ditch cropmarks, possible cursus? Ditches circa 20m apart, running E-W/ENE-WSW with indistinct ?terminal at W end. Circa 150m plus long, E end (not visible on APs) may extend up to (or ?beyond) field boundary (S1).
N ditch on same alignment as field boundary shown on 1842 Tithe map & `terminal' appears to correspond with a change in alignment of this boundary (S2)(R1), therefore probably Post Medieval..
No significant results from fieldwalking survey (S2).
Summer 1991: site visit by Brian Charge to examine EEB holes for powerline spur. 0.5-0.8m of top & subsoil remains over chalky clay natural though chisel ploughing normal on field & represents considerable threat (S3).
Circa 250m E of interrupted ditch system, KDG 006.

Sources/Archives (6)

  • <S1> (No record type): SAU, APs AJM 18, 19, July 1979.
  • <M1> (No record type): APs: AJM 18, 19.
  • <R1> Map: 1842. Haverhill Tithe Map. Haverhill Tithe map, 1842, Suffolk Record Office (Bury).
  • <M2> Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: (S3).
  • <S2> (No record type): Haverhill & District Archaeol Group Journ, 3, April 1982, 1,5,6 and 9,12-13, plate I, figs 4 & 5.
  • <S3> (No record type): HDAG, Charge B B, letter to SAU, 11 November 1991.

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Record last edited

Sep 27 2016 10:56AM

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