Monument record KSS 089 - Undated field boundary cropmarks

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Summary

Undated fragmentary linear ditches are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs, on land to the west of Coopers Lane, Kessingland. They may, at least in part, represent medieval to post medieval field boundaries.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 5227 8623 (359m by 326m)
Map sheet TM58NW
Civil Parish KESSINGLAND, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

June 2014. Lothingland, Lowestoft and North Suffolk Coast and Heaths National Mapping Programme.
Undated fragmentary linear ditches are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs (S1), on land to the west of Coopers Lane, Kessingland.
It is possible that they represent medieval to post medieval field boundaries or enclosures, and that the archaeological features extend further than those that are mapped.
E. Ford (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 19th June 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 (S2) for further details.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk County Council Environment Team), 21 March 2023.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical Aerial Photograph. Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service Airmap86 36 3986068-3986069 30-JUN-1986.
  • <S2> Unpublished document: Tremlett, S and Watkins, P. 2023.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 1:34PM

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