NHER 10786 (Structure record) - Post-medieval mound and icehouse in Quidenham Park
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
Location
| Map sheet | TM08NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | QUIDENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
In Quidenham Park about 91m (100yds) from Banham Road. Circular? Very large, roughly 6.1m (20ft) high.
Noted by [1] as possible tumulus 24 March 1928 (photograph).
Suggested by [2] as a mound in landscape gardening.
Marked as mount on (S1).
Has 17th-18th century ice-house at side.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
About 6m high, 65m diameter, ditch 5m across, covered in pines, incorporates ice-house.
Not a barrow.
A. Lawson (NAU) 11 February 1976.
1983 Listing (Grade II) describes ice-house as late 18th century brick, swept entrance walls with coping lead to short passage opening into interior of inverted flat-bottomed cone in header bond brickwork.
Octagonal groin vault above.
E. Rose (NAU) 5 December 1983.
Many conifers on mound appear diseased and dying. Some deep wheel ruts noted. Agent confirmed by telephone (15 September 1997) that dead trees had been felled.
H. Paterson (NLA) 15 September 1997.
Photo (S2) in file.
July 2012. Norfolk NMP.
The large earthwork mound described above is clearly visible on the available aerial photographs, and is clearly extant as recently as 2007 (S2-S5). It has not been mapped as its extent is clearly depicted on the Ordnance Survey map (S6).
E. Bales (NMP), 17 July 2012.
Associated Sources (11)
- --- SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England.
- --- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Quidenham.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 08 NW M [2].
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF49461 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1805-1836. Ordnance Survey Map. One inch to the mile. First Edition.
- <S2> SNF13524 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D. NLA. 1984. NHER TM 0387A-D (NLA149/AWT8-11) 27-APR-1984.
- <S3> SNF84296 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D. NLA. 1989. NHER TM 0387Q-R (NLA 237/DME4-5) 12-JUL-1989.
- <S4> SNF84298 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1707 3152-3 29-AUG-1946 (NMR).
- <S5> SNF71335 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 03-AUG-2007 Accessed 17-JUL-2012.
- <S6> SNF73882 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-7. Ordnance Survey second edition 25 inch (1902-7) map. 25 inches to 1 mile.
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Record last edited
Mar 11 2024 3:17PM