NHER 69666 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmarks of undated enclosures and field boundaries

5 July 1976.
'Cropmarks' noted on Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs list.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU), 22 October 1985. Information from (S1).
Previously recorded under NHER 21843.
P. Watkins (HES), 14 June 2021.

Grid reference confirmed as centre of field containing ring ditch and trackway and enclosure marks, not recently removed field boundaries as are the marks to south.
Compiled by D. Edwards (NAU), 10 December 1985 and E. Rose (NAU), 7 September 1987. Information from (S1).
Previously recorded under NHER 21843. The ring-ditch mentioned lies at [1] and is now recorded separately as NHER 69663.
P. Watkins (HES), 14 June 2021.

May 2016. Desk-based Assessment.
Assessment of archaeological implications of proposed development.
It is noted that at least some of the cropmarks visible on the 1976 aerial photographs can be seen on Google Earth aerial imagery dated 25 May 2011 (S2). These include various fragmentary north-west to south-east and north-east to south-west aligned linear features in the western half of the site.
An enclosure map drawn in 1808 (S3) shows the site crossed by a north-west to south-east aligned trackway that is absent on later maps. Close to the northern edge of the site the trackway is shown to turn abruptly to follow the line of a north-north-east to south-south-west aligned former subdivision of the field. This may represent a late post-medieval division of an earlier route way that once ran to the north-west corner of the field. Several of the cropmarks potentially relate to this trackway and it is possible the others represent field boundaries associated with its original form - lying on only one side of this feature and running either roughly parallel or perpendicular to its line.
See report (S4) for further details, including cropmark plot.
P. Watkins (HES), 14 June 2021.

September 2016. Geophysical Survey.
Magnetometer survey of proposed development site.
This survey identified a number of linear anomalies anomalies likely to relate to the cropmarks previously noted at this location. A circular anomaly associated with the ring-ditch now recorded as NHER 69663 was also visible.
See NHER 65082 for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 14 January 2026.

October 2022-February 2023. Geophysical Survey.
Magnetometer survey of proposed development site.
This survey identified a number of linear anomalies anomalies likely to relate to the cropmarks previously noted at this location. A circular anomaly associated with the ring-ditch now recorded as NHER 69663 was also visible.
See report (S5) and NHER 65082 for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 14 January 2026.

January 2026. Aerial Imagery Interpretation.
A group of interconnected north-west to south-east and north-east to south-west aligned linear cropmarks can be seen at this location on vertical aerial imagery from 2011 (S2). These are mostly located within the south-west corner of the field and appear to represent ditches forming a small group of interlinked rectilinear enclosures. The ring-ditch now recorded as NHER 69663 is also clearly visible on this imagery.
P. Watkins (HES), 14 January 2026.