Monument record MCC8130 - Peldon

Summary

Red hill, small mound 20m diameter and 1.5m high.

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Grid reference Centred TL 9960 1460 (83m by 82m)
Map sheet TL91SE
Civil Parish PELDON, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Red hill, small mound 20m diameter and 1.5m high. <3> <4> Briquetage unspecified. <3> <4>

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> DESC TEXT: unknown. 1960 0nwards. SMR form unknown.
  • <2> DESC TEXT: Stopes, H. 1887. The Salting Mounds of Essex. Vol I, p.103.
  • <3> RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. unknown. OS cards. TL91SE 29.
  • <4> Monograph: Fawn, A.J., Evans, K.A., McMaster, I. and Davies, G.M.R.. 1990. The Red Hills of Essex. Salt-making in Antiquity.. Site.no.130.

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Record last edited

Nov 3 2015 11:41AM

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