Monument record MCC7725 - South of Heckfordbridge, Birch
Summary
Cropmarks: linear features, pits and a trackway, two ring ditches (one the site of a post-medieval windmill).
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 948 208 (1449m by 1623m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL92SW |
| Civil Parish | BIRCH, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Map
Type and Period (5)
Full Description
Cropmarks: linear features, pits and a trackway, two possible ring ditches. <1> - <6>
Aerial photos <2>-<5>
While some features were mapped for the NMP the large, irregular ring-ditch visible on the 2008 aerial photographs was not mapped, until the 2011 update. The ring ditch, to the east of Heath Farm, is c.100m in diameter.
The smaller and more circular ring-ditch, to the north, 27m in diameter, defines the site of a former mill (MCC7678).<8>
Sources/Archives (18)
- <1> SEX4 DESC TEXT: unknown. 1960 0nwards. SMR form unknown.
- <2> SEX34709 AP: NMR. unknown. TL9420/2/375-376.
- <3> SEX34710 AP: NMR. 1974. TL9421/1/381.
- <4> SEX54477 AP: Strachan, David. 1999. CP/99/1/7. 21/5/1999.
- <5> SEX58376 AP: Rogers, P. 1990. 35-5.
- <6> SEX22419 Map: Ingle, CJ, Strachan, D, Tyler, S and Saunders, H. 1993-2012. NMP Cropmark Plot - 1:10,000.
- <7> SEX34675 AP: NMR. 1979. TL9420/1/68, 77.
- <8> SEX68384 AP: Saunders, Helen. 2008. CP/08/15/08-12.
- <9> SEX34516 AP: NMR. 1977. TL9420/3/100.
- <10> SEX34611 AP: NMR. 1979. SF 1573, frame 108.
- <11> SEX34612 AP: NMR. 1974. TL9421/1/383.
- <12> SEX34613 AP: CUCAP. 1970. BCA 70.
- <13> SEX34672 AP: NMR. 1974. TL9421/1/387,389.
- <14> SEX34674 AP: NMR. 1977. TL9420/3/103.
- <15> SEX69963 AP: NMR. 1977. TL9420/2/368.
- <16> SEX34673 AP: NMR. 1974. TL9420/2/370, 372-373.
- <17> SEX71497 AP (Digital): Saunders, Helen. 2013. EX13/03/183-186.
- <18> SEX71637 AP (Digital): Saunders, Helen. 2013. EX13/08/035-041.
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Record last edited
Jun 10 2016 3:55PM