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Monument Name Near Pantile Hall
SMR Number 608
Summary "Earthworks about here".
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Description "Earthworks about here". <1> <2> Possible motte and bailey. Earthworks on Navestock Common seen by Stukely in 1759, comprise "mounds of earth and a ditch", adjacent to the Chifford and Ongar boundary heath(?) road from Ditchely's to Princes gate. According to the OS a key hole-shaped ditch is visible at the above NGR and is visible on AP's. <1> <3> in <1> <4> <5> Presumably the same site also as TQ59-034, 0000. OS plan card only in the SMR, shows Stukely's sketch. <6>
Monument Type(s) MOTTE AND BAILEY (Dated 1066AD to 1539AD)
Monument Class(es) EARTHWORK
Period 1066AD to 1539AD Medieval
Status Not Known
Administration Area BRENTWOOD, BRENTWOOD, ESSEX
National Grid Reference Square: TQ59NE
Ref: 557964
Finds None listed
Events None listed
Sources Desc Text : Memoirs of Dr Stukely (Stukeley, W) Vol 3, p157

Desc Text : TQ59NE11 (unknown)

Map : MAP Col Mus (unknown)

Map : Oscard - Stukely, W (Ordnance Survey) Plan card only in SMR

Desc Text : Essex Naturalist (Essex Naturalist) Vol 8, pp213-214, 221-222 Dated : 1894

Desc Text : SMR Form (unknown) Dated : 1960s to

Aerial Photo : TQ547967 (Meridian Airmaps Limited) Dated : 1976

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