NHER 17586 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Probable Bronze Age ring ditches and undated enclosure

31 July 1977.
NAU air photography.
Cropmarks.
1 possible ring ditch.
D. Edwards (NAU) 18 March 1981.

Another possible ring ditch alongside.
Also a rectangular enclosure.
E. Rose (NAU) 29 September 1981.

The cropmark remains of two probable Bronze Age ring ditches and a rectilinear enclosure of uncertain date are visible on NLA aerial photographs from 1977 (S1). The whole site is centred on TG0433 4099. These ditched features are located in the corner of a field bounded by a road junction. The smallest of the ring ditches is towards the west and is located at about NGR TG0431 4098 with a diameter of ca. 13m. The second and larger ring ditch is located at around NGR TG0433 4099 with a diameter of ca. 18m. Only three sides of the apparent rectilinear/rectangular enclosure can be seen, so either there was no fourth side or that side is obscured for some reason (it is quite near to a field edge, so disturbance due to this could be responsible). This enclosure is located at about NGR TG0434 4100 and its dimensions are approximately 8m by 21m.
(These cropmarks were very difficult to map as there was no real control on the available aerial photographs. Attempts at rectification seemed to distort the image. In the end a photograph was inserted without rectification. The image used was a near vertical oblique and this has provided an approximate location for the features, but it is important to remember that this plot is only approximate).
H. Clare (NMP), 6 February 2003.