Record Details
| NHER Number: | 62606 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Undated mound |
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Summary
A mound of unknown date is visible as an earthwork in 1940s aerial photographs. The mound is visible as an earthwork in the 1940s and seems to be levelled by the 1970s. The mound has a possible hollow in the centre and may relate to the Second World War activity at Didlington Park (NHER 63067), the Didlington Park landscape (NHER 40234) or forestry.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 7806 9623 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL79NE |
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| Parish: | DIDLINGTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
November 2018. Breckland National Mapping Programme.
A mound of unknown date is visible as an earthwork in 1940s aerial photographs (S1-S2). The mound is visible as an earthwork in the 1940s and seems to be levelled by the 1970s (S3). The mound has a possible hollow in the centre and may relate to the Second World War activity at Didlington Park (NHER 63067), the Didlington Park landscape (NHER 40234) or forestry.
J.Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 13 November 2018.
Monument Types
- HOLLOW (Unknown date)
- MOUND (Unknown date)
- HOLLOW (Post Medieval to 21st Century - 1540 AD? to 2100 AD?)
- MOUND (Post Medieval to 21st Century - 1540 AD? to 2100 AD?)
- HOLLOW (World War Two - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD?)
- MOUND (World War Two - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD?)
- SPIGOT MORTAR EMPLACEMENT? (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Vertical Aerial Photograph. RAF/106G/UK/369 RS 4068-4069 08-JUN-1945 (HEA Original Print). |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Vertical Aerial Photograph. RAF/106G/UK/1634 FP1175-1176 09-JUL-1946 (HEA Original Print). |
| <S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Vertical Aerial Photograph. OS/75269 V 264-265 22-JUN-1975 (HEA Original Print). |
Related records
| 40234 | Part of: Didlington Park (Monument) |