Monument record KSS 100 - Undated earthwork ditches

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Summary

Undated linear ditches are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs on land to the east of High Street, Kessingland.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 5252 8663 (119m by 92m)
Map sheet TM58NW
Civil Parish KESSINGLAND, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

July 2014. Lothingland, Lowestoft and North Suffolk Coast and Heaths National Mapping Programme.
Undated linear ditches are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs (S1) on land to the east of High Street, Kessingland. It is possible that these features relate to former field boundary ditches although they may, at least in part, relate to former drainage ditches.
E. Ford (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 17th July 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. RAF/58/1672 F22 0119-0120 03-MAR-1955 (EHA).
  • <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 Unpublished document: Tremlett, S and Watkins, P. 2023.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 1:39PM

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