Monument record CDD 016 - Coddenham Baylham Roman Site

Forts .
Within large settlement area CDD 003 (S1).
Cropmarks of: a. Triple ditched rhomboid enclosure, similar in shape to PKM 005 (interior width circa 220m).
B. Inner multi-ditched enclosure, two corners visible, ? Rectangular, lying in SW corner of larger fort. Bisected by N-S road line (Caister road). Pits etc. visible within the area.
C19 finds including mirror case with cremation and wall probably came from this area of the site - see CDD 003 CRN 04313 for details.
Air photographs (OS) showed large double ditched fort by 1957 (R2). Identification of two multiple ditched forts by R Farrands in 1975-1976 (see S3 for 1961 Farrands AP) led to extension of scheduled area to include these completely (S1).
Finds from the adjacent areas (CDD 003, 009, 017) indicate probable pre-Roman and substantial early Roman activity.

2015:Geophysical survey identified clear evidence of extensive activity alongside the likely Road Position. Little was seen in the way of clear features other then pits, the amount and nature of magnetic noise found pointed to prolonged occupation. This resulted in the survey being done in piecemeal sections. The absence of any responses for the triple ditches of the larger for running through the survey area, other than a possible small remnant to the north east, implies that they ran along the southern line of the quadruple ditches of the smaller fort. The intact nature of crop marks for the quadruple ditches could therefore be taken as evidence for the smaller being the later of the two. The likely ditch intersection point was under small animal pens and was not surveyable (S5).