Monument record SBN 003 - Field system with evidence of rectilinear field boundaries and a SW-NE trackway, enclosing ring ditch SBN 039 (S1-S3).

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Summary

Field system with evidence of rectilinear field boundaries and a SW-NE trackway, enclosing ring ditch SBN 039 (S1-S3).

Location

Grid reference	Centred TM 0288 3537 (470m by 294m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	TM03NW
Civil Parish	STOKE-BY-NAYLAND, BABERGH, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

Field system with evidence of rectilinear field boundaries and a SW-NE trackway.
Field includes ring ditches SBN 004, 033, 034, 039, 040 & 041 (S1-S3).
1976: Parallel ditches, c.40m apart. Cuts/is cut by large double ring-ditch. Possible cursus (S6).
1996: large rim fragment of extremely abraded C1/C2 Roman pottery from field surface near ring ditches SBN 033/034 (S4)
2000: gridded field-walking survey located over 100 worked flints of indeterminate (probably mainly EBA or later) Later prehistoric date - some seen (see S5).

Including a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery, comprising at least seven barrows, is visible as cropmarks on air photographs, (S8)

Sources/Archives (8)

<S1> SSF50031 Photograph: CUCAP. CUCAP aerial photograph. CUCAP ADR 88,1961; BPY 23, 1975.
<M1> SSF50031 Photograph: CUCAP. CUCAP aerial photograph. APs: CUCAP BPY 23, ADR 88; NMR 7/432; Mrs McMasters 91.
<S2> SSF50073 Photograph: National Monuments Record. Air Photograph. NMR, AP 7/432.
<S3> SSF11071 (No record type): McMasters, I.. McMasters Mrs, AP 91, 1984.
<S4> SSF50018 Finds Report: Plouviez, J.. 1995. SCCAS Finds Record:. Wallace J per Plouviez J (SCCAS), June 1996.
<S5> SSF50018 Finds Report: Plouviez, J.. 1995. SCCAS Finds Record:. Pendleton C (SCCAS), October 2000.
<S6> SSF58519 Unpublished document: Martin, E.. 1976. Prehistoric Crop-Mark Sites in Suffolk.
<S8> SSF59991 Article in serial: McMasters. 1971. Colchester Archaeological Group annual bulletin.

Finds (2)

FSF32697: LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
FSF32698: POTTERY (Roman - 43 AD to 200 AD)

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None recorded

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Event - Survey: Stoke by Nayland Fieldwalking Group fieldwalking survey, Higham Field, 2000 (Ref: ) (ESF19205)

Record last edited

Mar 8 2022 1:14PM