Monument record MCC7156 - Wormingford Hall

Summary

Concentric ring ditch now showing as a cropmark but in 1836 described as a `Great Barrow', destroyed but `hundreds of urns in rows' reported.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 9229 3269 (807m by 695m)
Map sheet TL93SW
Civil Parish WORMINGFORD, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Concentric ring ditch now showing as a cropmark but in 1836 described as a `Great Barrow', destroyed but `hundreds of urns in rows' reported. <1> - <6> OScard gives NGR as TL 92323286

Sources/Archives (6)

  • <1> DESC TEXT: Priddy, DA. unknown. SMR.
  • <2> RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. unknown. OS cards. TL93SW10, 1976.
  • <3> DESC TEXT: Jenkins, H. 1842. Archaeologia. Vol 29, p250.
  • <4> DESC TEXT: unknown. unknown. The Past and Future of the Essex Field Club. photocopy of periodical article - which?.
  • <5> DESC TEXT: McMaster, I. 1968. Ring ditches near Bures St Mary. Vol 11, No 1, p2.
  • <6> DESC TEXT: Victoria County History. 1903-2012. Victoria County History, Essex - VCH (need to check volume nos for this ref).

Finds (2)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

Related Events/Activities (0)

Record last edited

Nov 3 2015 11:41AM

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