Monument record COR 013 - Rectilinear enclosure of unknown date.

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Summary

Rectilinear enclosure circa 40m across.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 5302 9898 (410m by 265m) (2 map features)
Map sheet TM59NW
Civil Parish CORTON, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Rectilinear enclosure circa 40m across. Entrances to both N and E. S arm is formed by a field boundary of the surrounding field system complex (COR 012)(S1).
The enclosure is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs from 1975 and 1996, centred on circa TM52979897 (S2). It appears to be associated with the surrounding field system, which on morphological grounds could be dated eiither to the later prehistoric or medieval periods (see COR 012). Taking into consideration the similarity in alignment of the field system to the modern boundaries, a medieval or Post-Medieval date for the fields and enclosure may be the more likely of the two dates.

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 (S4) for further details.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk County Council Environment Team), 21 March 2023.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <S1> Photograph: CUCAP. CUCAP aerial photograph. CUCAP, AP BYB 31, 1975.
  • <M1> Photograph: CUCAP. CUCAP aerial photograph. AP: CUCAP BYB 31.
  • <S2> Photograph: Norfolk Landscape Archaeology. Norfolk Landscape Archaeology Air Photography. TM5398/367/HXW12 02-Jul-1996.
  • <S3> Photograph: Air Photographs. NAU, AP, TM 5398/ HXX1 & 2.
  • <S4> Unpublished document: Tremlett, S and Watkins, P. 2023. Assessment of the Character and Significance of East Anglian Field Systems.

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2023 1:20PM

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