Monument record MCC7397 - South west of Rye Farm

Summary

Cropmarks: track or roadway which changes alignment at field boundaries - modern?.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 968 192 (631m by 432m)
Map sheet TL91NE
Civil Parish LAYER-DE-LA-HAYE, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Map

Type and Period (5)

Full Description

Cropmarks: track or roadway which changes alignment at field boundaries - modern?. There is also another, less regular trackway which is cut by gravel workings, pits and linear features. An adjacent field has faint cropmarks of a very small rectangular structure within a large rectangular enclosure. Possibly also one ring ditch. <1> <2> <3>

Site Assessment = "ploughed and quarried". <1>

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> DESC TEXT: unknown. 1960 0nwards. SMR form unknown.
  • <2> Map: Ingle, CJ, Strachan, D, Tyler, S and Saunders, H. 1993-2012. NMP Cropmark Plot - 1:10,000. TL91NE.
  • <3> AP: NMR. 1974. TL9619/2/132-133, 135, 137.
  • <4> AP: NMR. 1977. TL9619/3/355.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Nov 3 2015 11:41AM

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