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Moat - with a mound, possibly mill mound or dovecote.

Buck of former post mill

Bucket urns found in the commoners' sandpit on the NW corner of Rushmere Heath between the Playford and Woodbridge East roads between circa 1928 and 1938.

Crude ? Mes/Neo pick found on S edge of Rom scatter, at TM 1112 6548, during fieldwalking survey by R Colchester (S1)(S2).

Trackways and field boundaries of unknown date are visible on aerial photographs stretching over a number of fields to the north-west of Harkstead

Ancient Woodland shown on Hawstead Tithe map (1838) and named Bryers Wood in apportionment (1842).

1972: Scatter of Rom sherds found by R Colchester during fieldwalking survey on area of platform on sloping field, consisting of 60 body and 8 rim sherds.

The remains of a possible plough-levelled Bronze Age round barrow are visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs in Alderton parish. This site is likely to have formed part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery, see ADT 105 for details.

1972: Dense scatter of Rom pottery, including Samian, grey flanged rims, tile fragments and Nene Valley mortarium, found by R Colchester during fieldwalking survey.

World War II barbed wire obstructions forming a strongpoint, Alderton