Record Details
| NHER Number: | 9488 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Post medieval mound |
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Summary
A long mound of unknown purpose, erected in the early 18th century. Fragments of post medieval pottery and a 17th century coin have been found on the mound.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 1520 0054 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG10SE |
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| Parish: | BRACON ASH, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Long Mound on aerodrome site examined 1941.
Erected about 1700.
Destroyed 1941, 27m long, 8m wide, 6m high, no ditch.
See (S1).
1975.
Informant said site visible as patch of clay in slight hollow.
E. Rose (NAU) 1975.
Finds on undisturbed clay towards centre of mound were fragments of upper part of a bellarmine.
At east end, at higher level, a William and Mary halfpenny of 1692, from a rabbit scrape.
OS Records.
R. J. Rickett (NAU) 13 July 1990.
March 2010 Norfolk NMP.
No sign on available Aerial photographs.
NMR reports mound as destroyed by airfield construction in 1941.
E. Bales (NMP) March 2010.
Monument Types
- MOUND (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- MOUND (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Illustration: Earthwork Plan. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 10 SE 2 [2]. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Publication: Williams, A.. 1941. [unknown]. plan: measured. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Bracon Ash (Hethel). |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Post-Medieval. Bracon Ash. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Williams, A. 1945. Notes: Mounds at Hethel, Near Wymondham, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXVIII Pt IV pp 296-297. |
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