Monument record MCC10053 - Heath Farm Dyke South, Stanway

Summary

Late Iron Age defensive earthwork. Including Heath Farm Dyke North (MCC2101) and Heath Farm Dyke Middle (MCC2095), the length of Heath Farm Dyke is c.3.4km, aligned NE to SW and curving southwards, to enclose the N. and W. sides of Gosbecks.

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Grid reference Centred TL 9633 2215 (102m by 322m)
Map sheet TL92SE
County ESSEX
Civil Parish STANWAY, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Southern section of Heath Farm Dyke, c.340m long aligned NNW-SSE, defining the SW part of Gosbecks (parallel to and east of Kidman's Dyke South), defined by aerial photography.<1>

No sections appear to have been excavated across this (part of the) Dyke.

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  • <1> Serial: Hawkes, Christopher, F. C. & Crummy, Philip. 1995. CAR 11: Camulodunum II. 11. p.29.

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Nov 3 2016 3:47PM

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