The archaeology of Constable Country
The crop-marks of the Stour Valley
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16525690 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nigel Brown (corresponding author), Debbie Knopp, David Strachan |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5-28 |
| Publication date | 2002-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Landscape History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0143-3768 • E-ISSN: 2160-2506 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01433768.2002.10594536 |
| OpenAlex | W2048275961 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 18 |
The Stour valley, which forms the boundary between the counties of Essex and Suffolk, contains a remarkable series of crop-marks. These comprise a wide variety of ring-ditches and other monuments, including two cursuses, together with extensive areas of trackways and field boundaries. The crop-marks were first systematically recorded in the late 1950s and have been subject to aerial photography, by a variety of individuals and organisations, ever since. Whilst well known locally, the extent of the Stour valley crop-marks is not widely appreciated outside the region. Following publication of a Regional Research Framework for the Eastern Counties, and building on the work of the National Mapping Programme, a GIS-based synthesis of the crop-marks has been prepared. This has clarified the variety and complexity of the crop-marks and enabled the relationship of monuments, field systems, the river, and valley topography to be explored. It is intended to use this work as a platform from which to enhance long-term management of the crop-marks and to promote further fieldwork
Archaeology · Boundary (topology · Crop · Field (mathematics · Geography · Variety (cybernetics · Archaeological Research and Protection · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Computer Science · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Forestry
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Landscape, Monuments and Society
Europe in the Neolithic
Henge Monuments and Related Sites of Great Britain
Aerial Archaeology and the Prehistoric Landscape
Settlement and economy in the third and second millennia B.C
Three men and a boat
Long Barrows and Neolithic Elongated Enclosures in Lincolnshire
Excavation of a Possible Neolithic Long Barrow or Mortuary Enclosure at Rivenhall, Essex, 1986
Excavations at the Sarn-y-bryn-caled cursus complex, Welshpool, Powys, and the timber circles of Great Britain and Ireland
A Late Bronze Age Enclosure at Lofts Farm, Essex
Excavations at a Neolithic Cursus, Springfield, Essex, 1979–85
A Late Iron Age Burial Enclosure at Maldon Hall Farm, Essex
Excavations in Thetford, 1980-1982, Fison Way
The Significance of Monuments
Sheep, stockyards and field systems
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |