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Crop mark site SW of Oldmoor is a prehistoric monument located in Essex, England, identified through aerial photography as a complex of cropmarks revealing archaeological features beneath the modern ground surface. The site exhibits evidence of settlement activity dating to the Bronze Age or Iron Age period, with the cropmark patterns indicating the presence of ditches, enclosures, and possibly domestic structures characteristic of later prehistoric land use. Such cropmark sites are significant as they preserve information about ancient settlement patterns and land organisation that would otherwise remain hidden from ground-level observation, contributing to understanding of prehistoric Essex communities and their territorial arrangements.
Crop mark site SW of Oldmoor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002145. View the official record →
Crop mark site SW of Oldmoor is a prehistoric monument located in Essex, England, identified through aerial photography as a complex of cropmarks revealing archaeological features beneath the modern ground surface. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002145.
Crop mark site SW of Oldmoor is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1002145.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earthworks in and E of Pandole Wood (0.7 km), Slight univallate hillfort south of End Way Farm (1.2 km), Decoy pond 700m north east of Marsh House Farm (6.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Crop mark site SW of Oldmoor's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Crop mark site SW of Oldmoor stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.