Monument record CAC 065 - Cropmarks of possible Iron Age to Roman or medieval date fields

July 2014. Lothingland, Lowestoft and North Suffolk Coast and Heaths National Mapping Programme.
The cropmarks of a field system and/or fragmentary enclosures and associated ditches of unknown, but possibly late prehistoric to Roman or medieval date are visible on aerial photographs (S1-S4). The alignment of the features would indicate that they predate the post medieval field boundaries and correspond to that of an area of cropmark fields and enclosures to the south (GSE 077) associated with late Iron Age to Roman date finds. However it is worth noting that they do share alignment with some aspects of the surrounding medieval to post medieval landscape, for example Priory Lane, and it may be that there has been some field boundary change within the area of the site during the post medieval period. The fact that two of the boundaries survive as soilmarks in the 1950s (S1) could also suggest this post-Roman date, however it is possible for much earlier boundaries to survive in this manner in some areas.
Possible additional cropmarks may be visible on (S5), but cannot be discerned with confidence due to the quality of the available laser scan (S5)The monument polygon includes an area devoid of mapping, but which may contain additional cropmarks, not mapped due to uncertainty over their origin (S4).
S. Horlock (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 2nd July 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 (S6) for further details.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk County Council Environment Team), 21 March 2023.