Monument record BRK 021 - Lines of right-angled return trenches and inverted `V' cropmarks

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Summary

Lines of right-angled return trenches and inverted `V' cropmarks, believed to be ? 1914-1918 training trenches (S1).

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 1050 5331 (193m by 209m)
Map sheet TM15SW
Civil Parish BARKING, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

Lines of right-angled return trenches and inverted `V' cropmarks, believed to be ? 1914-1918 training trenches (S1).
Also see Icklingham 107, Aldeburgh 020,,Beccles 026 & Mildenhall 519.

Cropmarks of extensive practice trenches, probably dating from the WWI, covering an area of 100m by 65m. Other cropmarks in the vinicity include linear ditches that maybe field boundaries of an unknown date. Helen Saunders (Essex County Council) February 2014. (S1-S3)

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <S3> Oblique Aerial Photograph: English Heritage Archive. Oblique Aerial Photograph. CUCAP YJ 86, 87, 89, 18-Jun-59.
  • <S4> Oblique Aerial Photograph: English Heritage Archive. Oblique Aerial Photograph. TM1053/21-22 14-Jul-89 (EHA).

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jul 26 2016 2:09PM

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