Monument record GSE 087 - Site of rectilinear cropmarks of possible Roman date

June 2014. Lothingland, Lowestoft and North Suffolk Coast and Heaths National Mapping Programme.
A fragmentary, rectilinear arrangement of ditches, perhaps representing field or enclosure boundaries, is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs (S1-S2). A scatter of Roman pottery and coins has been found nearby (SHER GSE 012), and the cropmarks could be related to this; they could instead relate to the Neolithic to Bronze Age flint scatter also found here (SHER GSE 016) although given their appearance this seems less likely. The ditches are oriented at an angle to the modern field pattern, suggesting they pre-date it. Like other cropmarks in this area, however, their archaeological significance is uncertain (see SHER GSE 076), and they could instead reflect the underlying geology, which itself appears to form a rectilinear pattern.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 26th June 2014.

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 (S3) for further details.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk County Council Environment Team), 21 March 2023.