Monument record CAV 006 - Field boundaries, sub-rectangular and oval enclosures and ten ring ditches, all of unknown date and visible as cropmarks.

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Summary

Area of field boundaries and cropmarks including sub-rectangular/oval enclosure, CAV 019, and ten ring ditches (barrow cemetery), CAV 020-028 & CAV 040 (S1)(S2)(S3).

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 817 463 (361m by 259m)
Map sheet TL84NW
Civil Parish CAVENDISH, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

Map

Type and Period (5)

Full Description

Area of field boundaries and cropmarks including rectangular enclosure with rounded corners circa 60m x 30m, with entrance(?) at east end. Also includes sub-rectangular/oval enclosure, CAV 019, and ten ring ditches (barrow cemetery), CAV 020-028 & CAV 040 (S1)(S2)(S3). For brief discussion see (S6).
1976: Oval enclosure lies at the edge of a field TL 817 463 amidst a group of ring-ditches, appears to be entranced (S7) (S8).

Sources/Archives (9)

  • <M1> (No record type): APs: (S1)(S2)(S3).
  • <S1> Photograph: CUCAP. CUCAP aerial photograph. CUCAP, ARV 65, AIV 78, 1967, 1964.
  • <S2> (No record type): SAU, APs ADA 03, ADC 11, AFY 13.
  • <S3> (No record type): McMasters, I.. McMasters Mrs, APs 1979 69, 1990 17.
  • <S4> Photograph: Essex County Council. Air Photograph. Essex C C, Strachan D, APs, CP/96/10/6-10, June 1996 & CP/96/66A/9, July 1996.
  • <S5> Photograph: Essex County Council. Air Photograph. Essex CC, APs, BW/99/16/1 & 2.
  • <S6> Bibliographic reference: Miscellaneous Bibliographic reference. Fitch N, draft BA dissertation, Nottingham, 2001.
  • <S7> Unpublished document: Martin, E.. 1976. Prehistoric Crop-Mark Sites in Suffolk.
  • <S8> Unpublished document: Martin, E. A. and Plouviez, J.. 1978. Prehistoric and Roman Cropmark Sites in Suffolk.

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Record last edited

Jul 10 2021 11:52AM

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