NHER 11921 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Earthwork mound of an unknown but possible post medieval date

1976. Mound in park.
30m diameter, 1m high grassed with trees.
Landscape feature? on west side of avenue of trees, on the east side of which is a bank on which trees are planted.
A.J. Lawson (NAU), 1976.

February 1988.
Agree this is a landscape feature.
J.J. Wymer (NAU), 1 February 1988.

Mound under good grass cover, with limited mole disturbance. Site is grazed by sheep and moles controlled.
H. Paterson (NLA), 16 April 1993.

April 2006.
The 1st edition Ordnance Survey map (S1) shows the area around the mound as part of Lexham Park (NHER 30469) and as part of the gardens around Hall Farm.
D. Robertson (NLA), 27 April 2006.13544

March 2024. Wendling Beck and Fransham Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
An earthwork mound (see above) of an unknown date is visible on visualised lidar data (S3). As the lidar survey was flown relatively recently (2017) it is likely that the feature still survives as a low earthwork. The mound has been previously suggested (see above) to have related to a possible post medieval landscape or garden feature associated with Lexham Park (NHER 30469) and the gardens of Hall Farm (recorded on S1), which is located approximately 150m to the north. However, the possibility that the feature may relate to a Bronze Age round barrow cannot be ruled out. It has also been previously suggested (S4) that the mound could be Roman in date due to the proximity (approximately 50m) of the feature to a section of earthwork Roman Road (NHER 3697 and NHER 68093).
J. Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 14 March 2024.