Monument record COR 058 - Cropmarks of multi-period field boundaries

January 2014. Lothingland, Lowestoft and North Suffolk Coast and Heaths National Mapping Programme.
An area of undated and multi-period cropmarks, some of which are likely to be medieval to post medieval in date, are visible on aerial photographs (S1-S4). The site is centred on TM 5360 9707. It is not possible within the current project scope to attempt to refine the phasing of these fragmentary and overlying field systems. It is possible that some of the ditch-like features relate to underlying drainage. The relationship of some of these cropmarks with the boundaries on the Ordnance Survey First Edition map (S5) would suggest that at least some of the boundaries relate to the medieval to post medieval period although some, in particular those aligned diagonally to the modern landscape are more likely to be earlier in date.
S. Horlock (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 3rd January 2014.

Thorpe - Thorpe (as the name suggests) was an outlier to the village of Corton, which (in medieval times) was located near the church. It appears to have been situated about a mile to the south-west of the main hub, east of the A47 (formerly A12) dual carriageway and just to the north of Doles Wood - a plantation which lies immediately north of Corton Long Lane, near its junction with the A47. Taylor's Farm stands to the north-west, on the other side of the dual carriageway.

The settlement may have developed from a Domesday 40-acre freeholding (previously, Ketel), which formed part of Ralph the Crossbowman's fief - mainly concentrated at Burgh Castle. It had a short-lived church at some point, during the post-Conquest period, and various finds have been made over the years: late Anglo-Saxon, medieval and post-medieval potsherds, coinage of John, Edward III and Henry V, lead weights and buttons etc (S6).

March 2023. Assessment of the Character and Significance of East Anglian Field Systems project.
The site described above was included in the dataset analysed for the Historic England-funded Assessment of East Anglian Field Systems project. See the project report (S6) for further details.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk County Council Environment Team), 21 March 2023.