Monument record ADT 035 - Complex of cropmarks of series of field boundaries and trackways.

Complex of cropmarks of series of field boundaries (?) and trackways N of Grange Farm (S1).

April 2016. Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Beauty National Mapping Programme.
The extent of this site has been extended considerably to include cropmarks visible on aerial photographs (S2-S7) to the west and north. It must be noted that (S1) was not available at the time of mapping, so additional features may have been visible on this aerial photograph.
The site now consists of a complex areas of enclosures, trackways, boundary ditches relating to more than one phase of activity, potentially spanning parts of the later prehistoric and Roman periods. The most significant part of the site would appear to be a group of enclosures, possibly indicating the site of a farmstead or similar small settlement. The morphology and subdivision of the enclosure complex has some similarities with Roman villa sites, although it must be noted that these cropmarks coincide with the location of a medieval surface scatter (ADT 035/ MSF19899) perhaps indicating a later date. The trackways and boundary ditches within the western part of the site are likely to be broadly contemporary with the large swathe of field system and trackways recorded to the north (ADT 099).
S. Horlock (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 20th April 2016.