Monument record MCC7399 - North east of Rye Farm

Summary

Cropmarks: linear features, field boundaries, ring ditch with internal features and trackways.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 973 196 (681m by 450m)
Map sheet TL91NE
Civil Parish LAYER-DE-LA-HAYE, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Map

Type and Period (4)

Full Description

Cropmarks: linear features, ancient field boundaries, a ring ditch with internal features, two double ditched intersecting ?trackways in an adjoining field. Possible ring ditch at Tl 97151955. <1> - <6>

Satellite imagery (Google Earth) suggests quarrying/extraction activity in the early 2010s has destroyed many of these features.

Sources/Archives (7)

  • <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. TL9719/1/124,126-127.
  • <4> AP: Farrands, RH. 1980. 229.10.
  • <5> AP: NMR. 1979. SF 1575, frame 10.
  • <6> AP: unknown. 1979. SF 1573, frame 14.
  • <7> AP: NMR. 1979. TL9719/2/9.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jul 27 2021 11:10AM

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