Scheduled Ancient Monument: BLACK DITCHES (SF18-a)

1981: A ? mound (marked on OS 1:10560) not visible on ground and not remembered by owner. 1986: Surviving N section is in unmanaged deciduous wood, with elder & nettles growing on bank. Subsequent missing section runs alongside pasture. Most of earthwork is in managed birch plantation, with much birch growing in ditch and bracken, grass and occasional birch growing on bank. Southernmost 150m of upstanding bank runs between arable fields; here ditch is ploughed over and three 30 x 30 cms wooden posts are set into W face of bank. Gravel quarrying is taking place to SW of surviving S end, separated from it by a fence.