Monument record TYN 183 - Probable prehistoric ditches, Medieval to Post Medieval field system and undated features on Land south of High Road

Archaeological evaluation trenching targetd on plotted cropmarks identified from air photographic analysis demonstrated that many of the cropmarks do correspond to the positions of underlying archaeological ditches. A complex of closely-spaced parallel ditches extended NW/SE across the middle of the site. This is posited to constitute the remains of a shifting significant boundary or routeway of probable prehistoric (possibly Early Iron Age?) date. No features of demonstrably later Iron Age or Roman date were encountered. The only find of this date was a single worn Roman coin recovered from the topsoil. Elements of two possible ditched field systems were recorded in the west of the site, one of tentative medieval/early post-medieval date and the other of late post-medieval date. Neither is apparent on historic mapping. The majority of recorded archaeological features were undated. These comprise further ditches, a gully, pits and possible postholes scattered across the site, some of which may be contemporary with the probable prehistoric boundary/route-way. Two large silt-filled hollows in the east of the site were probably of natural origin (S1).

Included in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History annual round up of individual finds and discoveries for 2021 (S2).