the prehistoric entries

The Prehistoric Entries

CA Gazetteer n

o.

WPM001

HER no.

MLO25890

Debois no.

N/A

Name

Palaeolith

ic tra

nchet axe

NGR

TQ 4033 8770

Spot h

eight

N/A

Administra

tive

area

London Borough of R

edbridge

Address

Blake Hall R

oad, W

anstead, E

11

Monument ty

pe

FINDSPOT (P

alaeolith

ic - 5

00000 BC to 10001 BC)

Summary

During w

orks on Blake H

all R

oad a Palaeolith

ic 'm

icrolith

ic

tranchet a

xe' w

as re

covered fro

m th

e site. A

furth

er tw

o axes

were fo

und in the 19th century.

Descrip

tion

Unspecifie

d works at B

lake Hall R

oad re

vealed a 'm

icrolith

ic

tranchet axe' of P

alaeolith

ic date (3

-4).

Two previous handaxes have also been found during the

19th century (2

).

Associated

contacts

N/A

Sources &

Archives

(1) U

npublished document

- Compass Archaeology.

Strategic Assessment and Conservation Measures for

Wanstead Park, (2

013).

(2) U

npublished document - Juby, C. London before

London: Reconstructing a Palaeolithic Landscape.

(2011) e

xcel file

s.

(3) A

rtefact - T

ranchet A

xe. U

nknown.

(4) A

rticle in monograph - Bonsall,

C.J. Gazetteer of

Upper Paleolithic Sites in England & Wales, p.193.

Designatio

ns

N/A

Associated

events

N/A

Conditio

n

N/A

Specific

threats

None

Herita

ge value /

signific

ance

LOW

Evidential –

this in

dicates possible prehistoric activity in

the

area.

Future works /

recommendatio

ns N/A

Images

N/A

CA Gazetteer n

o.

WPM002

HER no.

MLO7979

Debois no.

N/A

Name

Palaeolith

ic handaxe

NGR

TQ 4195 8735

Spot h

eight

N/A

Administra

tive

area

London Borough of R

edbridge

Address

North

umberland Avenue, W

anstead Park, W

anstead, E

11

Monument ty

pe

FINDSPOT (L

ower P

alaeolith

ic - 4

38000 BC to

348000 BC)

Summary

Palaeolith

ic handaxe fo

und in 1900 in W

anstead Park.

Descrip

tion

A P

alaeolith

ic handaxe w

as fo

und in

1900 by th

e collector

J.W

Poston. T

he axe was located in W

anstead Park.

Wanstead P

ark is

located on th

e B

oyn H

ill Gravel te

rrace,

dating to

ca. 4

40-350,000 BP. T

he arte

fact is

now located in

the Cambridge Museum of A

rchaeology and Anthropology.

Associated

contacts

N/A

Sources &

Archives

(1) U

npublished document

- Compass Archaeology,


Wanstead Park, (2

013).

(2) U

npublished document - Juby, C. London before

London: Reconstructing a Palaeolithic Landscape,

(2011) p

p.85-86

(3) A

rticle in

monograph - W

ymer, J

.J. Palaeolithic Sites

in East Anglia, p

.293

(4) A

rticle

in

monograph

- Hinton,

M.A.C. The

Pleistocene Deposits of Ilford and Wanstead Dist,

pp.271-7.

(5) A

rticle in monograph - Butcher,

CH. Notes upon

Palaeo instruments from Wanstead Park, pp.76-8.

Designatio

ns

N/A

Associated

events

N/A

Conditio

n

N/A

Specific

threats

None

Herita

ge value /

signific

ance

LOW

Evidential - th

is in


the

area.

Future works /

recommendatio

ns N/A

Images

N/A

CA Gazetteer n

o.

WPM003

HER no.

060883/00/00

Debois no.

N/A

Name

Mesolith

ic flin

t adze and flin

t core

NGR

TQ 4095 8778

Spot h

eight

N/A

Administra

tive

area

London Borough of R

edbridge

Address

Near S

t Mary’s Church, O

verto

n Drive, W

anstead, E

11

Monument ty

pe

FINDSPOT

Summary

Mesolith

ic flin

t adze and flin

t core recovered during gravel

pittin

g near S

t Mary’s Church.

Descrip

tion

Gravel extra

ction fro

m a pit “near the old church” of St

Mary’s, Wanstead, revealed two flin

t arte

facts variously

dated to the Mesolith

ic or Neolith

ic periods. A flin

t core

(subsequently id

entifie

d by Jacobi a

s a M

esolith

ic flin

t adze

and a flin

t core) w

ere purchased by th

e Passmore Edwards

Museum prior to

1924.

Associated

contacts

N/A

Sources &

Archives

(1) U

npublished document



Wanstead Park, (2

013).

(2) A

rtefact

- 2 Mesolith

ic core planes.

Acc.

Nos.

15325;15326.

Designatio

ns

N/A

Associated

events

N/A

Conditio

n

N/A

Specific

threats

None

Herita

ge value /

signific

ance

LOW

Evidential - th

is in


the

area.

Future works /

recommendatio

ns N/A

Images

N/A

CA Gazetteer n

o.

WPM004

HER no.

060880/00/00

Debois no.

N/A

Name

Neolith

ic flin

t axe

NGR

TQ 4122 8756

Spot h

eight

N/A

Administra

tive

area

London Borough of R

edbridge

Address

Wanstead Park, W

anstead, E

11

Monument ty

pe

FINDSPOT (N

eolith

ic - 4

000 BC to

2201 BC)

Summary

Broken polished flin

t axe, presumably Neolith

ic, found in

Wanstead Park.

Descrip

tion

Unspecifie

d works at Wanstead Park revealed a broken

polished flin

t axe, p

resumed Neolith

ic. T

he object is

marked

‘Wanstead P

ark 1918’, a

nd is

now in

the Q

ueen E

lizabeth

Hunting Lodge at C

hingford.

Associated

contacts

N/A

Sources &

Archives

(1) U

npublished document



Wanstead Park, (2

013).

(2) A

rtefact - P

olished Flint A

xe

Designatio

ns

N/A

Associated

events

N/A

Conditio

n

N/A

Specific

threats

None

Herita

ge value /

signific

ance

LOW

Evidential - th

is in


the

area.

Future works /

recommendatio

ns N/A

Images

N/A

CA Gazetteer n

o.

WPM005

HER no.

061121/00/00

Debois no.

N/A

Name

Neolith

ic stone axe

NGR

TQ 4174 8714

Spot h

eight

N/A

Administra

tive

area

London Borough of R

edbridge

Address

Wanstead Park, W

anstead, E

11

Monument ty

pe

FINDSPOT (N

eolith

ic - 4

000 BC to

2201 BC)

Summary

Neolith

ic stone axe re

covered fro

m a lake in W

anstead Park.

Descrip

tion

Polished stone axe, d

ug out o

f the bottom of a

lake w

ithin

Wanstead Park, M

arch 1909. P

robably not fro

m th

e Heronry

Pond.

Associated

contacts

N/A

Sources &

Archives

(1) U

npublished document



Wanstead Park, (2

013).

(2) A

rtefact - Polished stone axe. Passmore Edwards

Musuem

Designatio

ns

N/A

Associated

events

N/A

Conditio

n

N/A

Specific

threats

None

Herita

ge value /

signific

ance

LOW

Evidential - th

is in


the

area.

Future works /

recommendatio

ns N/A

Images

N/A

CA Gazetteer n

o.

WPM006

HER no.

061874/00/00

Debois no.

N/A

Name

Flint a

rrowheads fro

m W

anstead Park

NGR

4155 8745

Spot h

eight

N/A

Administra

tive

area

London Borough of R

edbridge

Address

Wanstead Park, W

anstead, E

11

Monument ty

pe

FINDSPOT (N

eolith

ic - 4

000BC to

2201BC)

Summary

Neolith

ic arro

wheads said to have been found during

unspecifie

d works in W

anstead Park.

Descrip

tion

During a m

eeting of th

e Essex Field C

lub a flin

t arro

whead

was displayed to

members. It w

as said to

have been fo

und

during unspecifie

d works in W

anstead Park in 1907.

A M

r Avery later p

roduced a fu

rther 1

2 arro

wheads also said

to have come fro

m W

anstead.

A Mr

Rudge donated a flin

t arro

whead to Passmore

Edwards M

useum in

1954, s

upposedly fo

und in

Wanstead

Park.

It is unclear whether these are separate objects, and to

which th

e accession number 1

67.27 re

lates. T

he unspecifie

d

works in 1907 m

ay re

late to

the re

lining of th

e Heronry Pond

known to have ta

ken place at th

is tim

e.

Associated

contacts

N/A

Sources &

Archives

(1) U

npublished document



Wanstead Park, (2

013).

(2) A

rtefact - A

rrowhead Accession no.167.27.

Designatio

ns

N/A

Associated

events

N/A

Conditio

n

N/A

Specific

threats

None

Herita

ge value /

signific

ance

LOW

Evidential - th

is in


the

area.

Future works /

recommendatio

ns N/A

Images

N/A

CA Gazetteer n

o.

WPM007

HER no.

060877/00/00

Debois no.

N/A

Name

Bronze Age barbed-and-ta

nged arro

whead

NGR

TQ 4174 8714

Spot h

eight

N/A

Administra

tive

area

London Borough of R

edbridge

Address

Wanstead Park, W

anstead, E

11

Monument ty

pe

FINDSPOT (B

ronze Age - 2

200 BC to 701 BC)

Summary

Bronze Age barbed-and-ta

nged arro

whead recovered fro

m

the Ornamental W

aters in 1959.

Descrip

tion

Unspecifie

d works to

the flo

or o

f an 18th c

entury Ornamental

Lake in Wanstead Park, c1959, revealed an early Bronze

Age barbed-and-ta

nged arro

whead made fro

m a “tw

isted

flint fla

ke”. It is

not known if th

is is an im

porte

d ite

m.

Associated

contacts

N/A

Sources &

Archives

(1) U

npublished document



Wanstead Park, (2

013).

(2) A

rticle in monograph - The Archaeologist in Essex,

Herts, London, and Middlesex

Designatio

ns

N/A

Associated

events

N/A

Conditio

n

N/A

Specific

threats

None

Herita

ge value /

signific

ance

LOW

Evidential - th

is in


the

area.

Future works /

recommendatio

ns N/A

Images

N/A

CA Gazetteer n

o.

WPM008

HER no.

MLO101317

Debois no.

N/A

Name

Late Bronze Age / E

arly Iro

n Age ditch

NGR

TQ 41534 87261

Spot h

eight

13.4mOD

Administra

tive

area

London Borough of R

edbridge

Address

The Plain, W

anstead Park, W

anstead, E

11

Monument ty

pe

Ditch

Summary

A Late Bronze Age to

early Iro

n Age lin

ear fe

ature exposed

during geophysical surveys and a targeted evaluation

conducted by West Essex Archaeological Group and the

Wanstead Park Community Project in

2009, W

PEv025.

Descrip

tion

Between 2007 and 2008 a geophysical survey of ‘T

he Plain’

was conducted as part

of a wider

community project

supervised

by

West

Essex

Archaeological

Group

(WPEv023).

Several

trial

trenches were excavated over

features

observed as part

of this event. One of these (Trench 3)

targeted a la

rge north

east - s

outhwest lin

ear fe

ature, w

hich

appeared to be one of a pair of parallel ditches, roughly

perpendicular to

the bank of th

e Heronry Pond. T

his fe

ature

was visible using both resistivity and ground penetra

ting

radar te

chniques.

Natural g

ravel w

as observed fro

m 1.5m below ground le

vel.

The gravels th

en sloped down on either s

ide of th

e pit a

nd

seemed to

indicate th

e sides of a

cut fe

ature. S

everal sherds

of grog tempered ware, typical of th

e Late Bronze A

ge or

Early Iro

n Age, w

ere re

covered fro

m th

e lower d

eposit w

ithin

this feature.

Coarse shell

tempered potte

ry was also

recovered fro

m th

e same fill, w

hich is m

ore common to

the

Iron Age and Early Medieval periods (2). The base of th

e

feature was not re

ached.

Associated

contacts

N/A

Sources &

Archives

(1) U

npublished document



Archives

Wanstead Park, (2

013).

(2) U

npublished document - Potter,

R. & Shepherd, J.

Wanstead Park: Epping Forest,

Archaeological

Evaluation 2007-2009, (2

009)

Designatio

ns

N/A

Associated

events

WPEv023 / E

LO6795

WPEv025 / E

LO10367

Conditio

n

Good – can be identifie

d by a variety of remote sensing

techniques.

Specific

threats

No

Herita

ge value /

signific

ance

MEDIUM

Evidential - th

is in

dicates Late Bronze Age / E

arly Iro

n Age

activity in the Park.

Future works /

recommendatio

ns Archaeological consultation and assessment in

the event o

f any intru

sive groundworks.

Images

(a) S

ection th

rough ditch fe

ature fa

cing north

in Trench 3,

and plan of Trench 3. Extra

cted fro

m Ralph Potte

r and John Shepherd, W

anstead Park: Epping Forest,

Archaeological Evaluation 2007-2009, (2

009)

(b) E

xtra

ct fro

m the GPR Survey showing the ditch.

Extra

cted fro

m Ralph Potter and John Shepherd,


Archaeological


009)

(a)

(b)

CA Gazetteer n

o.

WPM009

HER no.

To be assigned

Debois no.

N/A

Name

Possible 10m-diameter rin

g ditch

NGR

TQ 41672 87213

Spot h

eight

14.49mOD

Administra

tive

area

London Borough of R

edbridge

Address

The Plain, W

anstead Park, W

anstead, E

11

Monument ty

pe

RING DITCH (U

nknown date, possibly prehistoric)

Summary

A possible prehistoric ring ditch has been observed in

several geophysical in

vestigations.

Descrip

tion

Approximately 45m to

the north

of th

e Perch Pond, o

n The

Plain, a

possible rin

g ditch, a

pproximately 10m in

diameter,

was observed during the 2005 GSB Prospection m

agnetic

survey (fe

ature ‘E’),

(WPEv021) (2). The feature was also

visible in the 2007 West Essex Archaeological Group

magnetometry survey (W

PEv023) (3

).

This feature has not been archaeologically investigated,

such th

at its

age and character a

re a m

atter fo

r speculation.

It is, h

owever, c

onceivably prehistoric in

date, a

nd possibly

associated with another larger ring ditch (W

PM010).

This

larger fe

ature was in

vestigated by a small e

valuation tre

nch,

which produced evidence that it was Roman or earlie

r in

date (3).

Whether

other

linear

features in the vicinity

(WPM012) a

re also re

lated is unclear.

Associated

contacts

N/A

Sources &

Archives

(1) U

npublished document



Wanstead Park, (2

013).

(2) U

npublished document

- GSB Prospection Ltd,

Survey Results: 2005/72 Wanstead Park, North-East

London, (2

005)

(3) U


R. & Shepherd, J.

Wanstead Park, Archaeological Evaluation 2007-09,

(2009), p

p.59-61

Designatio

ns

N/A

Associated

events

WPEv021 / E

LO6795

WPEv023 / E

LO11589

Conditio

n

Good – shows up well a

s a geophysical anomaly.

Specific

threats

None

Herita

ge value /

signific

ance

MEDIUM

Evidential –

possibly in

dicates signific

ant p

rehistoric activity

in this area.

Future works /

recommendatio


the event o

f any intru

sive groundworks.

Images

(a) E

xtra

ct fro

m th

e m

agnetic survey underta

ken by th

e

Friends of Wanstead Parklands and West Essex

Archaeology G

roup, s

howing th

e rin

g-ditch. E

xtra

cted

from Ralph Potte

r and John Shepherd, Wanstead

Park: Epping Forest, A

rchaeological Evaluation 2007-

2009, (2

009)

(b) E

xtra

ct fro

m an interpretive diagram showing the

results of th

e G

SB Prospection Ltd m

agnetic survey.

Extra

cted fro

m GSB Prospection Ltd, Survey Results:

2005/72 Wanstead Park, North-East London, (2

005)

(a)

(b)

CA Gazetteer n

o.

WPM010

HER no.

To be assigned

Debois no.

N/A

Name

Possible 20m-diameter rin

g ditch

NGR

TQ 41693 87219

Spot h

eight

14.55mOD

Administra

tive

area

London Borough of R

edbridge

Address

The Plain, W

anstead Park, W

anstead

Monument ty

pe

RING DITCH (u

nknown date, possibly prehistoric)

Summary

A possible prehistoric rin

g ditch was observed in geophysical

investigations,

and

partia

lly

excavated

during

an

archaeological evaluation.

Descrip

tion

Approximately 40m to

the north

of th

e Perch Pond, o

n ‘T

he

Plain’, a

possible rin

g ditch, a

pproximately 20m in

diameter,

was observed during the 2005 GSB Prospection m

agnetic

survey (fe

ature ‘D

’), (WPEv021) (2

). The 2007 W

est E

ssex

Archaeological Group magnetic survey also picked this

feature up. It also shows up, though less clearly, on the

resistivity and ground penetra

ting ra

dar s

urveys (W

PEv023)

(3). T

he fe

ature is

also visible in

an aerial p

hotograph fro

m

the 1960s (4

).

In 2008 a 1m x 1m evaluation tre

nch was excavated into th

e

fill of th

e ditch of th

is fe

ature (T

rench 4 in

the 2009 re

port).

A broken 18th c

entury wine bottle

was fo

und fro

m th

e upper

level of the fill,

which perhaps suggests that the feature

might have continued to be visible until

this tim

e, a

nd th

e

upper levels of the ditch fille

d in during the course of

eighteenth century landscaping works. A sherd of Samian

ware was fo

und, a

long with fra

gments of u

ndateable coarse

ware, fro

m lo

wer d

eposits. W

hether th

is m

aterial w

as in th

e

prim

ary fill

could not be determ

ined, as the bottom of the

feature was not re

ached. It w

as not p

ossible to

ascerta

in th

e

feature’s age and character, a

s th

e single sherd of R

oman

Samian ware m

ay be intru

sive (3

).

The feature may possibly be associated with another ring

ditch 10m in

diameter a

nd lo

cated ju

st a

few m

etre

s to

the

west (W

PM009). W

hether o

ther lin

ear fe

atures in th

e vicinity

(WPM011) a

re also re

lated is unclear.

Associated

contacts

N/A

Sources &

Archives

(1) U

npublished document



Wanstead Park, (2

013).

(2) U

npublished document



London, (2

005)

(3) U


R. & Shepherd, J.


(2009), p

p.59-61

(4) A

erial p

hotography – H

SL_ESSEX_60-15-098. 1

961.

From English Herita

ge, N

MR, S

windon.

Designatio

ns

N/A

Associated

events

WPEv021 / E

LO6795

WPEv023 / E

LO11589

WPEv025 / E

LO10367

Conditio

n

Good – shows up well as a geophysical anomaly, in an

aerial photograph, a

nd in excavation.

Specific

threats

None

Herita

ge value /

signific

ance

MEDIUM

Evidential –

possibly in

dicates signific

ant p

rehistoric activity

in this area.

Future works /

recommendatio


the event o

f any intru

sive groundworks.

Images

(a) E

xtra

ct fro

m th

e m


ken by th

e


Archaeology G

roup, s

howing th

e rin

g-ditch. E

xtra

cted

from Ralph Potte

r and John Shepherd, Wanstead



2009, (2

009)

(b) E

xtra

ct fro

m an interpretive diagram showing the

results of th

e G

SB Prospection Ltd m

agnetic survey.

Extra

cted fro

m GSB Prospection Ltd, Survey Results:

2005/72 Wanstead Park, North-East London, (2

005)

(c) E

xtra

ct fro

m aerial p

hotograph (H

SL_ESSEX_60-15-

098). (1

961). F

rom English Herita

ge, N

MR, S

windon.

(a)

(b)

CA Gazetteer n

o.

WPM011

HER no.

To be assigned

Debois no.

N/A

Name

Parallel lin

ear d

itch-fe

atures on the Plain

NGR

TQ 41707 87236

Spot h

eight

14.74mOD

Administra

tive

area

London Borough of R

edbridge

Address

The Plain, W

anstead Park, W

anstead, E

11

Monument ty

pe

LINEAR FEATURES

Summary

A number of roughly parallel linear ditch-fe

atures were

observed during geophysical investigations and in aerial

photographs, to

the north

of th

e Perch Pond on th

e Plain in

Wanstead Park.

Descrip

tion

A number of broadly parallel features, aligned roughly

north

west – southeast, were observed during geophysical

investigations, on aerial photographs, and following the

LiDAR survey.

They were originally observed during the 2005 GSB

Prospection Ltd m

agnetic survey (fe

atures ‘F

’ and ‘G

’), and

in th

e 2005 G

SB Prospection Ltd re

sistivity survey (fe

atures

‘N’, ‘O’, and ‘P’),

(WPEv021) (2). The 2007 West Essex

Archaeological G

roup m

agnetic survey and re

sistivity survey

also picked up these fe

atures (W

PEv023) (3

).

These lin

ear fe

atures are also visible on aerial p

hotographs

(4), a

s well a

s on the LiDAR survey (5

).

These fe

atures have not b

een in

vestigated archaeologically,

such th

at it is

diffic

ult to

accurately determ

ine th

eir a

ge or

character.

Their possible association with two ring ditches

(WPM009, WPM010),

in that they are tangential to them,

suggests that they may be prehistoric in date. They do,

however,

appear characteristic of earlie

r field systems,

probably pre-dating the 18th century landscaped park, and

so could equally be Roman or m

edieval.

Associated

contacts

N/A

Sources &

(1) U

npublished document


Archives


Wanstead Park, (2

013).

(2) U

npublished document



London, (2

005)

(3) U


R. & Shepherd, J.


Archaeological


009)

(4) A

erial p

hotography – H

SL_ESSEX_60-15-098. 1

961.

From English Herita

ge, N

MR, S

windon.

(5) L

iDAR Survey, 2

010.

Designatio

ns

N/A

Associated

events

WPEv021 / E

LO6795

WPEv023 / E

LO11589

Conditio

n

Good – shows up well as a geophysical anomaly, aerial

photographs, a

nd LiDAR survey.

Specific

threats

None

Herita

ge value /

signific

ance

MEDIUM

Evidential - p

ossibly in

dicates signific

ant p

rehistoric activity

in this area.

Future works /

recommendatio


the event o

f any intru

sive groundworks.

Images

(a) 2

005 GSB Prospection Ltd Magnetic Survey –

diagram highlighting possible archaeological fe

atures.

Features ‘F

’ and ‘G

’ are th

e possible lin

ear d

itches

(b) E

xtra

ct fro

m m


ken by Friends

of W

anstead Parklands and W

est E

ssex Archaeology

Group. From Potte

r, R. & Shepherd, J. Wanstead



2009, (2

009)

(c) E

xtra

ct fro

m aerial p

hotograph (H

SL_ESSEX_60-15-

098). (1

961). F

rom English Herita

ge, N

MR, S

windon.

(a)

(b)

(c)

CA Gazetteer n

o.

WPM012

HER no.

To be assigned

Debois no.

N/A

Name

Double-ditched enclosure on ‘The Plain’

NGR

TQ 41553 87241

Spot h

eight

14.49mOD

Administra

tive

area

London Borough of R

edbridge

Address

The Plain, W

anstead Park, W

anstead, E

11

Monument ty

pe

ENCLOSURE

Summary

The corner of a double-ditched enclosure identifie

d during

geophysical survey of T

he Plain in 2007-2008.

Descrip

tion

During th

e geophysical s

urvey conducted by th

e W

anstead

Park Community Project and West Essex Archaeological

Group a large double-ditched enclosure was observed

running north

-west to

south-east, a

nd re

turning south-west,

disappearing into th

e north

-east corner o

f the Heronry Pond,

(WPEv023). U

sing G

round Penetra

ting Radar th

e fe

ature is

shown to be below a later phase of probable 18th century

landscaping, (2

).

This large fe

ature has yet to

be investigated archaeologically

and so it is

not p

ossible to

date it a

ccurately or a

scerta

in its

tru

e nature.

Associated

contacts

N/A

Sources &

Archives

(1) U

npublished document



Wanstead Park, (2

013).

(2) U


R. & Shepherd, J.


(2009), p

p.59-61

Designatio

ns

N/A

Associated

events

WPEv023 / E

LO11589

Conditio

n

Good – shows up well a

s a geophysical anomaly.

Specific

threats

None

Herita

ge value /

signific

ance

MEDIUM

Evidential –

possibly in

dicates signific

ant p

rehistoric activity

in this area.

Future works /

recommendatio


the event o

f any intru

sive groundworks.

Images

(a) E

xtra

ct fro

m the GPR Survey underta

ken by the


Archaeology

Group,

showing

the

double-ditch

enclosure. F

rom Potter, R

. & Shepherd, J

. Wanstead



2009, (2

009).

(a)

CA Gazetteer n

o.

WPM013

HER no.

To be assigned

Debois no.

N/A

Name

Cultiv

ation m

arks on the east o

f The Plain

NGR

TQ 41791 87396 (N

)

TQ 41732 87266 (S

)

Spot h

eight

14.22mOD (N

)

14.92mOD (S

)

Administra

tive

area

London Borough of R

edbridge

Address

The Plain, W

anstead Park, W

anstead

Monument ty

pe

RIDGE AND FURROW

Summary

Ridge and fu

rrow earth

works visible on th

e east s

ide of T

he

Plain using LiDAR im

agery.

Descrip

tion

A series of wide banks and ditches of various alignments

visible on LiDAR images of

the east

of

The Plain,

representing

early

cultiv

ation

practises

using

non-

mechanical ploughs (2

).

They have not b

een archaeologically investigated or c

overed

by geophysical survey due to the highly overgrown and

disturbed nature of th

e ground. T

herefore th

eir d

ate or tru

e

form

are yet to

be established. T

hey could th

erefore date

anywhere fro

m th

e Neolith

ic period th

rough to

the early post-

medieval period.

Associated

contacts

N/A

Sources &

Archives

(1) U

npublished document



Wanstead Park, (2

013).

(2) U

npublished document - The Friends of Wanstead

Park, The Archaeology of Wanstead Park,

an

exhibitio

n at th

e Temple, W

anstead Park, 1

5th J

uly -

19th

August 2012. Part

of the Festival of Britis

h

Archaeology

Designatio

ns

N/A

Associated

events

N/A

Conditio

n

Uncerta

in - th

e fe

ature has never b

een in

vestigated, s

o its

level of survival and conditio

n are unclear.

Specific

threats

None

Herita

ge value /

signific

ance

MEDIUM

Evidential – indicates fo

rmer la

nd-use within the Park.

Future works /

recommendatio


the event o

f any intru

sive groundworks.

Images

(a) E

xtra

ct fro

m th

e LiDAR Survey (2

010), re

lief im

age.

(a)

the prehistoric entries

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