Monument record COK 039 - Irrelgular enclosure, roughly hexagonal shaped of unknown date, visible as a cropmark.

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Summary

Roughly hexagonal shaped cropmark.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 89982 56312 (182m by 170m)
Map sheet TL85NE
Civil Parish COCKFIELD, BABERGH, SUFFOLK

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Roughly hexagonal shaped cropmark (cut by RR lines) with internal pale mark ( bank?) and external dark ditch line with extension to NE & SE. Width circa 160m. Also large internal feature to S, circa 30m in diameter(S1).
Similar examples from Pakenham and Bradfield St George (BCG 017). East of Oldhall Green Farm.
Note: 1884 & 1904 OS maps show internal feature to be tunnel under railway line and southern edge of enclosure (?) as curving field boundary (S2).

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <M1> Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. copy of (S1).
  • <S1> Photograph: OS. Air Photograph - OS. 71 024 008, 1971, SRO(B).
  • <S2> Map: OS. OS Map. 1:2500, circa 1904.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Aug 8 2017 2:22PM

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