Monument record MCC7162 - Cowling's Field, Mount Bures
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 9124 3310 (418m by 504m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL93SW |
| Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
| Civil Parish | MOUNT BURES, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Map
Type and Period (4)
Full Description
Cropmarks centred on above NGR: double-ditched trackway, very broad; about 12 ring ditches, at least two with double rings and one with diagonal parallel ditches bisecting it. <1> Cropmarks list noted on a Crawford photo, later noted on photos taken by McMaster. A ring ditch at TL 91253308 was partly excavated in 1971 (see 9190). Crawford photo now lost. <2> <3> Ap refs. <4> - <13> Two ground level photos in SMR also. <11> Map of this and adjacent cropmarks in SMR. <114> Indeterminate feature could be a cursus, though other possible cursus close by might suggest this is unlikely. This source has map of cropmarks in the area. <15>
Photograph Cowlins Field Mount Bures. Great ring ditch in crop.<16>
AP used as plate in'Works of ECC Archaeologyy Section 1997<17>
Six large ring-ditches were mapped with a further three smaller ones. The elongated enclosure has wide ditches and is open at both ends and has a series of pits within the interior. Several large extraction pits and linear features were also mapped
Sources/Archives (19)
- <1> SEX4 DESC TEXT: unknown. 1960 0nwards. SMR form unknown.
- <2> SEX29097 DESC TEXT: Colchester Archaeology Group. 1975. Colchester Archaeol Group Ann Bull. Vol 18, p9-11.
- <3> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. unknown. OS cards. TL93SW07, 1976.
- <4> SEX29099 AP: Crawford, OGS. unknown. 2825-1-93.
- <5> SEX29100 AP: NMR. 1979. TL9133/1/450. Date 1979:7.
- <6> SEX29101 AP: CUCAP. 1959. ZM 15, 22.
- <6> SEX68212 Photograph: unknown. unknown. Great ring ditch in crop, Cowlins field Mount Bures. Print. Colour print.
- <7> SEX29102 AP: CUCAP. 1960. AAW 17, 19.
- <8> SEX29103 AP: CUCAP. 1972. BK 57.
- <9> SEX29104 AP: Farrands, RH. 1978. 193.2. Date 1978:7.
- <10> SEX29105 AP: McMaster, I. unknown. Tl93-013. 4 frames.
- <11> SEX29106 Photograph: McMaster, I. unknown. TL93-013. two frames.
- <12> SEX11986 AP: McMaster, I. 1977. McMaster. could be one of the frames listed as source 10.
- <13> SEX29107 AP: McMaster, I. 1979. 3.14. could be one of the rames listed under source 10.
- <14> SEX2103 Map: unknown. unknown. SMR.
- <15> SEX29059 DESC TEXT: Priddy, DA and Martingell, HE in Priddy, DA. 1982. Work of the Essex County Council Archaeology Section, 1981. Vol 14, p114.
- <16> SEX58236 AP: Strachan, David. 1997. CP/97/11/16, 17.
- <17> SEX68213 Photograph: unknown. unknown. Cropmarks at Long Gardens, Mount Bures. Colour print.
- <18> SEX22419 Map: Ingle, CJ, Strachan, D, Tyler, S and Saunders, H. 1993-2012. NMP Cropmark Plot - 1:10,000.
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Sep 14 2016 4:11PM