NHER 66458 (Monument record) - Post-medieval or earlier ditches and undated possible pits

October 2020-March 2021. Geophysical Survey.
Magnetometer survey of site on proposed route of Anglian Water Bexwell to Bury St Edmunds pipeline (Area 106).
This survey identified a north-north-east to south-south-west aligned linear anomaly at the western edge of the site that clearly corresponds with a former field boundary shown on the Ryston and Roxham tithe map (S1). A similarly-aligned linear anomaly to the east and an adjoining perpendicular linear anomaly are likely to represent infilled ditches of broadly the same date, although these do not correspond with any boundaries shown on the available 19th-century maps. These are therefore likely to represent earlier elements of the same field system.
Several clusters of discrete anomalies in the northern half of the site were also regarded as potentially archaeologically-significant.
See report (S2) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 13 April 2023.

July 2021. Desk-based Assessment.
Assessment of potentially impact of proposed Anglian Water Bexwell to Bury St Edmunds pipeline.
For further details see report (S3), which was submitted as part of the Environmental Statement for the scheme.
P. Watkins (HES), 13 April 2023.