Record Details
NHER Number: | 42415 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Earthwork of a probable Late Saxon or medieval saltern mound |
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Summary
An earthwork of a probable Late Saxon to medieval saltern mound is visible on aerial photographs. This mound is located adjacent to a curving drainage ditch, which probably originated as a natural channel (NHER 42417). Other possible saltern mounds are present 300m to the southeast (NHER 42416).
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TG 49195 08528 |
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Map Sheet: | TG40NE |
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Parish: | GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
January 2006. Norfolk NMP.
An earthwork of a probable Late Saxon to medieval saltern mound is visible on aerial photographs (S1). This earthwork is centred on TG 4919 0853 in an area of former marshland. A sub oval mound, measuring 57m by 22m is present. It is likely that this is a saltern mound of Late Saxon to medieval date. This mound is located adjacent to a curvilinear drainage ditch, which probably originated as a natural channel (NHER 42417). Other possible saltern mounds are present 300m to the southeast (NHER 42416).
J. Albone (NMP), 18 January 2006
Monument Types
- MOUND (Unknown date)
- SALTERN (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
<S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1955. RAF 58/1674 (F21) 332-3 04-MAR-1955 (NMR). |
Related records - none
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