In August 2015 Archaeological Solutions Ltd (AS) carried out an archaeological evaluation on land at Mill Lodge Farm, Great Ryburgh, Norfolk (NGR TF 9632 2712). The evaluation was undertaken in support of a planning application to excavate a fishing lake (North Norfolk District Council Planning Application PF/14/1241), based on the advice of Norfolk County Council Historic Environment Service (NCC HES). Three phases of archaeology were identified. The stratigraphically earliest phase comprised ditches and postholes cutting Natural L1004. These features were identified in Trenches 1 and 2. The only dating evidence comprises six sherds of middle Saxon Ipswich ware from the fills of Ditch F1022 (Trench 2). Some of the sherds display sooting on their external surfaces suggesting that they were recovered from their primary depositional context. F1022 appeared to be a recut of Ditch F1036. The second phase comprised ditches cutting L1003, recorded in Trenches 2 and 3. Dating evidence was sparse; Ditch F1026 (Trench 2) contained two sherds of medieval (11th to 13th) century pottery. The stratigraphically latest phase was represented by post-medieval ditches (F1007 and F1041) in Trenches 1 and 2, respectively; both cut buried Topsoil L1002.
M Baker (Thu,) studied this question.