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Monument Number 1237883
Hob Uid: 1237883
Location : Essex Braintree Rivenhall
Grid Ref : TL8462016540
Summary : A circular enclosure circa 50 metres in diameter is visible as a cropmark on air photographs. The site, located a short distance southwest of the possible long barrow/mortuary enclosure TL 81 NW 32, has been interpreted as a possible henge. Trial trenching in 1996 produced quantities of burnt flint and struck flint which appeared to suggest a possible Neolithic or Bronze Age date. An interim report has stated that "Rivenhall has been discovered to be Neolithic". An arc of ditch circa 80 metres in length has been noted as a cropmark south of, and roughly concentric to, the enclosure, and may be related to it. [this henge was originally recorded as part of TL 81 NW 32. See that record for additional sources and information]
More information :

Sources :

Source Number : 1
Source :
Source details : Buckley, DG et al. Excavation of a Possible Neolithic Long Barrow or Mortuary Enclosure at Rivenhall, Essex, 1986.
Page(s) : 77-91
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Plates :
Vol(s) : 54, 1988

Source Number : 2
Source :
Source details : Brown, N and S Foreman. Cropmark Enclosures Project.
Page(s) : 196
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Vol(s) : 28, 1997

Source Number : 3
Source :
Source details : Brown, N and M Germany. Cropmark Enclosures Project.
Page(s) : 168
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Vol(s) : 29, 1998

Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Late Neolithic
Display Date : Late Neolithic
Monument End Date : -2200
Monument Start Date : -2900
Monument Type : Henge
Evidence : Cropmark, Conjectural Evidence

Monument Period Name : Later Prehistoric
Display Date : Later Prehistoric
Monument End Date : 43
Monument Start Date : -4000
Monument Type : Circular Enclosure
Evidence : Cropmark

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TL 81 NW 81
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Relationship type : General association

Related Activities :

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1996-01-01
End Date : 1996-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 1237883