Record Details
| NHER Number: | 62483 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible mound of unknown, possibly modern date |
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Summary
A possible mound of unknown but perhaps late post-medieval or modern date is visible as an earthwork on imagery from a lidar survey flown in 2015. The mound is sub-circular and has an internal depression. It could represent the remains of a damaged Bronze Age round barrow. It corresponds, however, with the location of a circular clearing at the crossroads of two forest rides, visible on aerial photographs from 1946. It could somehow relate to this clearing; it perhaps surrounded or underlay a tree ring, for example. Equally, it could relate to Second World War (or earlier) military activity evident in the area; a trench identified immediately to its east (NHER 62484) is likely to have had a military origin. As the lidar survey was flown relatively recently, it is probable that the earthwork still survives.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 8486 8086 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL88SW |
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| Parish: | THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
January 2019. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
A possible mound of unknown but perhaps late post-medieval or modern date is visible as an earthwork on imagery from a lidar survey flown in 2015 (S1). The mound is sub-circular and has an internal depression. It could represent the remains of a damaged Bronze Age round barrow. It corresponds, however, with the location of a circular clearing at the crossroads of two forest rides, visible on aerial photographs from 1946 (S2, for example). It could somehow relate to this clearing; it perhaps surrounded or underlay a tree ring, for example. Equally, it could relate to Second World War (or earlier) military activity evident in the area; a trench identified immediately to its east (NHER 62484) is likely to have had a military origin. As the lidar survey was flown relatively recently, it is probable that the earthwork still survives.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 4 January 2019.
Monument Types
- MOUND (Unknown date)
- ROUND BARROW? (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- MOUND (Post Medieval to 21st Century - 1540 AD? to 2100 AD?)
- TREE ENCLOSURE RING? (Post Medieval to 21st Century - 1540 AD to 2100 AD)
- MILITARY SITE? (Early 20th Century to 21st Century - 1901 AD to 2100 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | LIDAR Airborne Survey: Various. LIDAR Airborne Survey. LIDAR Thetford Forest Research 0.5m DTM 17-JUL-2015 (BNG Project, FC England, Fugro Geospatial). |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Vertical Aerial Photograph. RAF/106G/UK/1589 RP 3407-3408 21-JUN-1946 (HEA Original Print). |
Related records
| 54560 | Related to: Possible World War One training camp (Monument) |