Monument record HRK 009 - Cropmarks of two ring ditches

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Summary

Cropmarks of two ring ditches which probably represent ploughed out round barrows of a Bronze Age date

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 1979 3581 (50m by 50m)
Map sheet TM13NE
Civil Parish HARKSTEAD, BABERGH, SUFFOLK

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Ring ditch, circa 20m-30m diameter. Appears to be respected by some later field(?) boundaries (S1)(S2)(S3)(S4). Smaller, slighter, ring ditch adjoins to NE - see HRK 053. Within field system HRK 020.

Cropmarks of two ring ditches which probably represent ploughed out round barrows of a Bronze Age date. The first ring ditch is 26m in diameter with no visible internal features, the second is located 2m to the north-west and is 12m in diameter with an off-centre small pit visible. Helen Saunders (Essex County Council), March 2015. (S7-S9)

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <S7> Oblique Aerial Photograph: English Heritage Archive. Oblique Aerial Photograph. TM1936/21/17-18, 12-Jul-1979 (EHA).
  • <S8> Oblique Aerial Photograph: English Heritage Archive. Oblique Aerial Photograph. TM1936/4/391, 7-Jun-1976, (EHA).
  • <S9> Oblique Aerial Photograph: English Heritage Archive. Oblique Aerial Photograph. TM1935/025, 24-Jun-2009, (EHA).

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Record last edited

Jul 28 2016 3:47PM

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