Monument record FML 053 - Gypsy's Lane Roman Road, Framlingham

Excavations along the course of the Roman road (Margary 34b) revealed a surface of stones varying in diameter from 30 to 80mm. The surface was semi-lenticular in section and 5.2m wide; it was founded upon a sand and gravel foundation up to 500mm thick and flanked by a ditch on each side. On some of the upper sections of the slope the surface was as little as 100mm below current ground level, whereas near the river Winknell it was covered by as much as a metre of silt. A further layer of substantial stone (up to 150mm in diameter) was found at a depth of about 500mm below the upper surface. Whether this constituted ‘heavy bottoming’ or an older surface with a later agger raised above it was impossible to say. No datable finds were made, however a sestertius of Hadrian (AD 117-38) was found some 10m from the road in a neighbouring meadow (S1).

Included in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History annual round up of individual finds and discoveries for 2008 (S2).