Monument record HLY 164 - Site of triple-ditched settlement enclosure of Bronze Age or Iron Age date
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Summary
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TM 3312 4455 (100m by 117m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TM34SW |
| Civil Parish | HOLLESLEY, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (10)
- DITCHED ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- DITCHED ENCLOSURE (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2350 BC to 42 AD)
- TRAPEZOIDAL ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- TRAPEZOIDAL ENCLOSURE (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2350 BC to 42 AD)
- ENCLOSED SETTLEMENT (Unknown date)
- ENCLOSED SETTLEMENT (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2350 BC to 42 AD)
- ROUND HOUSE (DOMESTIC) (Unknown date)
- ROUND HOUSE (DOMESTIC) (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2350 BC to 42 AD)
- RING DITCH (Unknown date)
- RING DITCH (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2350 BC to 42 AD)
Full Description
April 2016. Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme.
A triple-ditched enclosure, of presumed Bronze Age and/or Iron Age date, is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs (S1)-(S5). Two small ring ditches visible within it almost certainly represent roundhouses, suggesting that the enclosure was used for settlement for at least part of its life. The enclosure is surrounded by, and partially integrated within, a much more extensive area of fields, trackways and possibly additional enclosures (HLY 165), almost certainly the result of several phases of use over a long time period. This in turn is one of several such cropmark sites, extending between the Deben and the coast, much of which may have been in use from at least the Bronze Age to the Roman period, with elements continuing in use into the post medieval period. There is a slight suggestion parts of the enclosure still survived as low earthworks in the 1940s and 1950s (S1)-(S2).
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 28th April 2016.
Sources/Archives (5)
- <S1> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/58/79 V 5065-5066 27-JUL-1948 (EHA Original Print).
- <S2> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/58/1033 V 0024-0025 23-FEB-1953 (EHA Original Print).
- <S3> SSF55746 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Oblique aerial photograph. NMR 4529/95-97 14-JUL-1989 (EHA Original Print).
- <S4> SSF55746 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Oblique aerial photograph. NMR 23156/00-04 22-JUL-2003 (EHA Original Print).
- <S5> SSF55746 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Oblique aerial photograph. NMR 23168/11-15 22-JUL-2003 (EHA Original Print).
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
Record last edited
May 6 2016 1:26PM