NHER 10418 (Monument record) - Circular structure of possible Roman or medieval date and Roman and medieval finds

In early 19th century. Leighton found a Roman site 'a little east of Low Street'.

R.R. Clarke (NCM) recorded that in 1933 local people said that this was either Camp Hill (4260 0250) or Abbots Field (4270 0240). Foundations were found of a circular building (called lighthouse, fortress, etc) and earthworks, associated with coins of Claudius, Vespasian, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Faustina II, Marcus Aurelius and Gordian, (seen by G.Chester), sherds and a bronze lion's head.

Clarke said that there was no proof that the structure was Roman, but if so it might have been a mill or dovecote.

22 September 1976.
Local people still disagree as to which of the fields was the site. The name Camp Hill is said by them to come from the Roman camp, and the name 'The Barracks', given to same spot by Ordnance Survey, to have come from cottages erected for workers at Reedham Hall.
Both names could refer to a more recent military use; perhaps Napoleonic? (S1)'s guide to Reedham mentions an 'agnus dei' found 'on the Roman site' in 1816; but (S1) is often inaccurate.
E. Rose (NAU).

See (S2),(S3),(S4),(S5),(S6),(S7),(S8) and Dawson Turner Additional Manuscripts. References given by R.R. Clarke (NCM).

2007
It is possible that this might have been a Roman pharos (lighthouse), and connected to the Saxon Shore Fort system (forts at Brancaster, Caister on Sea and Burgh Castle), with the reused Roman tile and stone at the church (NHER 10419) originating from this site. The Roman grey stone in the church is not found at Burgh Castle, so it must come from an alternative source in the area (S9).