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Bridge crossing the River Waveney linking Harleston and Weybread.

A ring ditch, probably the remains of a Bronze Age barrow or burial mound, can be seen as a cropmark on aerial photographs, located on Shotford Heath, Weybread parish.

Romano-British? Found during excavation at Shotford Heath pit. Fragment of base of large vessel in very coarse grey/buff pottery (handmade ?).

Flakes and a small pointed handaxe. Also Pleistocene Fauna including mammoth, woolly rhinoceros, aurochs, bison and horse.

Post line running out towards water - old groyne? Made up from closely packed posts. Approx. 12m long. Also single line running parallel but in front of existing bank - previous bank? Probably feature marked on survey maps. Single line showing ag...

Unidentified object in river at low water. Local landowner reports V1 rockets going down in this area during WWII - he watched them as a boy. Possibly this covered in seaweed. Egg shaped. Later seen to have hole through it.

Series of double upright pots forming groynes and running out for 30m. Brushwood placed within post lines to act as silt traps. Fairly modern - not shown on OS maps. Timber pretty fresh.

Common, visible 1830s

Coastal defence fort, built to defend Harwich Harbour in 1862/3, in form of 'an irregular seven-sided work with an unrevetted ditch and loop-holed Carnot wall' (S1). Details in (S1)(S2). Scheduled

Degraded bank in front of existing wall and saltmarsh. Not possible to access - channels and fencing.