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Cool site that - been playing around with it this afternoon.
Sadly, those two sites aren't the ones I'm looking for, but I'm definitley going to check them out next time I'm up there! :o)

Looks like the field I'm talking about isn't scheduled. It's the field in the middle of http://www.multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?client=public&X=508000&Y=374500&scale=10000&width=500&height=300&gride=508015&gridn=374120&lang=&db=pc&coordsys=gb which seems to have defined structure in that photo. Maybe it's something more recent - I'm not sure. Never been ploughed as long as I can remember...

Any more ideas appreciated! ;o)

I do like those satellite photos. I've spent hours staring at the ones of Northumberland.

Looks like the end of the road in terms of websearching then. Time to go delving into old papery records? Hopefully someone will have written something about it, somwhere, at some point.

If you can find out who the county archaeologist is, they'd be the logical place to start, they'd have the county sites and monuments register which should record non-scheduled stuff, at least stuff that's still got remains visible above ground.

Hi
Yes, there's nothing marked as scheduled in that field but the whole Witham valley is rich in archaeological finds and sites, through prehistoric to medieval. Francis Pryor included the Witham in his book Britain AD and there is also an A4 booklet on the area 'Time and tide, the archaeology of the Witham valley'. I've got a copy but haven't got round to reading it yet but just having a quick flick through shows a plan of the area just to the south of your field with a causeway that looks like it would pass through, or close by, the area you are interested in. There are also plenty of earthworks too but it doesn't make it clear what period these belong to. The plan comes from the 'National Mapping Programme sheet TF 07 SE' if you can find a copy, sounds like the local archaeo and museums are your best bet.
While you're in the area there's a nice barrow about 3-4 miles southeast called King's Hill at TF121707
I'll try and dig out a photo and post it later.

-Chris