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it stood a few yards from its present position, and was vertical
and cone-shaped—characteristic of the stones in this area. The
previous owner removed it as an obstruction to farm traffic, it
was broken, and the largest fragment placed in the present posi-
tion. It is probable that the fragment placed as a wheel guard at
the entrance of Rolls Farm, 200 yards along the road, came
from the same source.
6. Magdalen Laver Church (513083). Continuing the same
general direction for five furlongs, Magdalen Laver Church is
reached. At the base of the northern wall, at what was the
north-west corner before the more modern tower was added, is a
large conglomerate set lengthwise in the foundation course of
broken flint (Plate 11).
7. The Pole Lane Mound (515086). Less than a quarter of a
mile farther on is a mound, very similar in shape and dimensions
to the- Cobbin's Mound, but surrounded by a dry ditch. From
here the track changes direction again, becoming almost due
magnetic east and west, and this direction is maintained with little
variation for the next twenty-five miles to Marks Tey Church.
8. The High Laver stone (527087), five furlongs from Pole
Lane, lies in fragments in the yard of the Grange Farm next to the
church. We learned from Mr. Gooday, of Envilles Farm, that
many years ago this stone stood thirty inches high and cone-
shaped. It was wantonly broken up by a previous tenant.
The fragments are believed to be complete and may repay repair.
9. Hales Farm (560094). The next three miles to Beauchamp
Roding has up to the present produced no evidence of stones,
although other indications exist. At Little Laver the track
follows the line of the modern road, past the site of a Roman villa
(542092) and passes through Envilles Wood (553093) to Hales
Farm. The latter bears the appearance of an ancient site with an
adjacent sunken road in line with our track.
10. Beauchamp Roding Church (578098). Here a large
stone lies prostrate in the churchyard. In line with it to the east
is a dry ditch with hedge leading down to the Roding and on to
Berners Roding Church (603100).
Beauchamp Roding Church stands on an eminence, and is
some distance from a road or village. Its position is puzzling,
and the local legend relates that the builders were told to erect
the church on the site of the pagan stone. This stone, it is said,
was moved to the village, but was found the next day back in its
place on the hill-top.
11. Pepper's Green (620106). From Berners Roding a more
or less well-defined track may be traced through two small woods
to a sunken green road bordering a field, and leading to a cluster
of houses known as Pepper's Green—a distance of one mile.