Monument record RMS 003 - A possible Later Prehistoric or Roman enclosure and undated field boundaries, Ramsholt parish
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TM 310 419 (180m by 179m) Centred on |
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Map sheet | TM34SW |
Civil Parish | RAMSHOLT, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (5)
Full Description
Cropmarks of tracks, ditches, patches and double ditched rectilinear enclosure 300 yards East of church (S1)(S2)(S3)(S4). Enclosure and field system on different alignments.
Three sides of a possible Later Prehistoric or Roman double-ditched rectilinear enclosure, centred on TM 31084195, are visible on the photographs examined above. The enclosure has a possible entrance in its north-west side at TM 31114197. The function of the enclosure is unclear and the pits that are visible are probably natural. A number of roughly parallel curvilinear ditched features can be seen running north to south across the site, including the enclosure. Two of these features appear to have been recut on a slightly different alignment at some point. These features are probably field boundaries. They appear to be unrelated to the enclosure, are on a different alignment and are of unknown date. Another linear feature, possibly a pit alignment can be seen running roughly east to west, cutting the north-west side of the enclosure. The function and date of this feature is unknown but it does not appear to be related to the enclosure. (S5)
Sources/Archives (6)
- <S1> SSF50031 Photograph: CUCAP. CUCAP aerial photograph. CUCAP (ASK14) 03-JUL-1967.
- <M1> SSF50031 Photograph: CUCAP. CUCAP aerial photograph. APs: CUCAP, ASK 14 & 18; BXH 85, CJG 8.
- <S2> SSF50031 Photograph: CUCAP. CUCAP aerial photograph. CUCAP (ASK18) 03-JUL-1967.
- <S3> SSF50031 Photograph: CUCAP. CUCAP aerial photograph. CUCAP (BXH85) 16-JUN-1976.
- <S4> SSF50031 Photograph: CUCAP. CUCAP aerial photograph. CUCAP (CJG8) 10-JUL-1979.
- <S5> SXS50100 Verbal communication: Newsome, S.. 2001 -. Suffolk Coastal NMP Project. Sarah Newsome 2001.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Apr 13 2021 6:41PM