NHER 52189 (Cropmark and Earthwork) - Cropmarks of medieval to post medieval boundary ditches and banks

March 2009. Norfolk NMP.
The cropmarks of medieval to post medieval boundary ditches and banks, including a parish boundary, are visible on aerial photographs to the west of the Roman town at Caistor (S1-S5). The site is centred on TG 2235 0330. These boundaries are characteristically curvilinear in shape and do not show any clear relationship with the surrounding landscape, other than following the line of the parish boundary between Caistor St Edmund and Stoke Holy Cross. The line of this curving boundary is continued to the southwest towards the river, where it appears to cut across an area of Roman enclosures (NHER 52194). It seems likely that these curvilinear boundaries are broadly medieval in date, with some continuing in use into the post medieval period. An area of boundaries recorded under NHER 52190 to the south of this site, may also represent features of this date, although a Roman date is also a possibility, see record NHER 52190 for details.
S. Horlock (NMP), 11 March 2009.

June-July 2008. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of topsoil stripping in advance of mineral extraction to west of Ipswich Road.
The stripped area coincided with the westernmost cropmark in this group, which was potentially associated with an extensive east-to-west aligned ditch. This feature produced a sherd of post-medieval pottery and is one of several ditches thought to have been of relatively recent date.
See report (S6) and NHER 37649 for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 24 January 2022.