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Ring-ditch - part of multiperiod settlement cemetery & ceremonial complex
County: Gloucestershire
District: COTSWOLD
Parish: LECHLADE
NGR: SP 21 00
Monument Number: 306
HER 306 DESCRIPTION:-
See also 304-7 & 584-92
A ring-ditch shows as cropmark (pers comm R Hingley, GCCAS, 1983). {Source Work 449.}
At SP 2100 0003, there is a 170ft diameter circle which is crossed by the ditch of a track (SMR 305) almost certainly cut when a mound survived inside the circle. Another slightly smaller circle (SMR 307) is visible immediately to the east. {Source Work 862.}
This ring-ditch formed part of large cropmark complex and was one of at least five small henges and/or ring-ditches in the vicinity (SMRs 304, 307, 313, 585) of Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date, which together with the cursus (SMR 316) form an important ceremonial complex. {Source Works 902 and 2873.}
AREA MANAGEMENT :-
SAM457 + SAM413 =SAM413 23-12-85 {Source Work 2873.}
1993 - This area was mapped at 1:10,000 scale as part of the English Heritage: Thames Valley NMP project.
A probable Bronze Age round barrow can be seen as cropmarks on aerial photographs. This is a circular enclosure, diameter 50m, defined by 1 ditch, centred at SP 2100 0003 (Morph No. TG.58.17.1).
This description is based on data from the RCHME MORPH2 database. {Source Works 4249, 7746 and 7272.}

Monuments
RING DITCH(BRONZE AGE)
ROUND BARROW(BRONZE AGE)

Protection Status

Sources and further reading
166;Miles D & Palmer S;1986;Invested in Mother Earth;Vol:0;
216;Smith IF;1971;Vol:0;
390;Riley DN;1942;OXONIENSIA;Vol:7;Page(s):111-113;
449;Wiltshire County Council;1981;Vol:0;
403;RCHME;1976;Iron Age and Romano-British Monuments in the Gloucestershire Cotswolds;Vol:0;
488;Armstrong L;1987;Vol:0;
585;Hingley R;1983;Plans of cropmarks and earthworks from Upper Thames Gravels Survey;Vol:0;
862;Ordnance Survey;unknown;Vol:0;
862;Ordnance Survey;unknown;Vol:0;
862;Ordnance Survey;unknown;Vol:0;
902;GADARG;1982;Vol:0;
2873;English Heritage;various;Vol:0;
2873;English Heritage;various;Vol:0;
3124;RCHME;1972;Vol:0;
30;Benson D & Miles D;1974;The Upper Thames Valley: an Archaeological Survey of the River Gravels;Vol:0;
30;Benson D & Miles D;1974;The Upper Thames Valley: an Archaeological Survey of the River Gravels;Vol:0;
7272;RCHME;1990;
4249;Historic England;Various;Vol:0;
7746;RCHME;1994;
3267;RCHME;1933;Vol:0;
9622;CUAP;unknown;
9622;CUAP;unknown;
9622;CUAP;unknown;
3243;CUAP;1962;Vol:0;
3243;CUAP;1962;Vol:0;
5396;Allen G W G;1933-1939;Vol:0;
12965;Miles D & Palmer S;1985;ARCHAEOLOGICAL NEWS: THE QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER OF THE OXFORD ARCHAEOLOGY UNIT;Vol:12.2;
15297;Various;Various;
15387;Various;Various;Historic England Archive Files;

Related records
HER   316     Lechlade Cursus is part of a scheduled multiperiod settlement cemetery and ceremonial complex, Lechlade.
HER   533     This record was amalgamated with SMR 305 on 22/04/2004.
HER   534     This record was amalgamated with SMR 305 on 22/04/2004.
HER   305     An extensive (partly) scheduled multi-period settlement, cemetery and ceremonial complex represented by cropmarks, Lechlade.
HISTORIC ENGLAND ARCHIVE;AF1009376
HER   586     Butler's Field Anglo-Saxon cemetery - part of multiperiod settlement cemetery & ceremonial complex
HISTORIC ENGLAND AMIE RECORD;1042498
NMR INDEX NUMBER;SP 20 SW 159
RCHME MORPH2;TG.58.17.1
THAMES VALLEY NMP PROJECT;1005262
HER   585     A Bronze Age ring ditch whcih is part of a scheduled multiperiod settlement cemetery and ceremonial complex, Lechlade.

Source
Gloucestershire County Council: Historic Environment Record Archive