Monument record 8840/1 - Probable Iron Age/Roman settlement, north of Clopton

A complex of Roman, and/or possibly Iron Age, rectilinear ditched enclosures, probably marking the site of settlement, are recorded as cropmarks on EH Reconnaissance aerial photographs taken in July 2011. They extend over a rectangular area measuring about 250 metres by 125 metres. The site appears to have two possible linked phases each comprising enclosures in a ‘ladder’ arrangement. The west side of the site is defined by a double ditch giving the complex the appearance of the large ditched boundaries sometimes associated with Roman villas. The south east corner of the site comprises a broad ditched enclosure which was mapped from EH Reconnaissance aerial photographs taken in July 2006.

{1} The cropmark remains of a small rectilinear enclosure of uncertain date mapped from aerial photographs.The enclosure was seen centred at TL 0682 8040 at the edge of an arable field. It appeared to be ditch defined and measured approximately 18m x 28m, but it is not clear from the available photographs if this is an archaeological feature. It was mapped from aerial photographs taken in July 2006 by English Heritage as part of the Reconnaissance Recording programme.

{2} The feature described above is part of a complex of Roman, and/or possibly Iron Age, rectilinear ditched enclosures, probably marking the site of settlement, are recorded as cropmarks on EH Reconnaissance aerial photographs taken in July 2011. They extend over a rectangular area measuring about 250 metres by 125 metres centred at TL 0681 8050. The site appears to have two possible linked phases each comprising enclosures in a ‘ladder’ arrangement. The west side of the site is defined by a double ditch giving the complex the appearance of the large ditched boundaries sometimes associated with Roman villas.

The enclosure described by source 1 is at the south east corner of the site and comprises a broad ditched enclosure.

<1> Oblique Aerial Photograph, NMR TL 0680/19 NMR 24362/34 17-JUL-2006 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN111738.

<2> Oblique Aerial Photograph, NMR 27159_031-035 11-JULY-2011 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN111738.

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