Monument record HLY 095 - Roman salt production site or 'saltern'.

A Roman salt production site or 'saltern' is visible as a 'red hill' on aerial photographs, centred on TM 35554346 to the south of Hollesley village. There are two areas of red soil, the smallest covering an area roughly 37m in diameter and the largest, to the north-east, covering an area of roughly 83m in diameter. The site is located on reclaimed land. (S1-S3) The interpretation of the soilmarks was confirmed during a site visit by Linzi Everett of Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service on the 4th March 2004. The finds were described as a huge spread, around 170m by 100m, with concentrations of briquetage in different places, in a field called Red Marsh. (S4) The full finds report was not available at the time the record was compiled. (S6)