Monument record MCC8904 - Cudmore Grove Country Park
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TM 0670 1460 (506m by 521m) |
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Map sheet | TM01SE |
Civil Parish | EAST MERSEA, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Map
Type and Period (5)
Full Description
Cropmarks consisting of a number of linear features and trackways, some of which may be associated with the WW2 coastal defences. There is a ring-ditch at TM06901476 and at TM06771470 there is an enclosure, partially masked by periglacial features and a building. It appears to be double-ditched, sub- circular in plan, with an out-turned entrance in the outer ditch on the east side. The inner ditch has small square indentations (firing platforms?). It is possible therefore that this is post medieval, and military in origin. <1> AP refs: <2> <3> See TM11-052, 2919 for a similar indented feature.
According to 'Dougal', the ranger at Cudmore Grove Country Park, the earthworks and cropmarks could be Cromwellian (1649-1660) in origin. <4>
The present management practise should be maintained <5>
The features visible on the aerial photographs were mapped as part of the NMP <6>
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SEX4 DESC TEXT: unknown. 1960 0nwards. SMR form unknown.
- <2> SEX7933 AP: CUCAP. 1970. BCA31, 33, 34, 37.
- <3> SEX7934 AP: NMR. 1976. TM0614/1/430. Date 1976:6.
- <4> SEX58613 Verbal communication: unknown. unknown. cropmarks.
- <5> SEX61233 DESC TEXT: Gibson, Sarah. 1994. Country Parks Archaeological Survey of Cudmore Grove.
- <6> 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
Nov 3 2015 11:41AM