NHER 13138 (Monument record) - Possible earthworks of unknown date
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF70SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | OXBOROUGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
'On Warren Hill is a deep fosse and vallum'. See (S1). Ponds shown on (S2) seem most probable feature corresponding, but though they are still marked on the current Ordnance Survey map, writer could not find them. Shape of wood has entirely altered. Forestry Commission workers there did not know of them. No other features in area fit description.
NAU air photographs confirm ponds filled in and planted over. A. Lawson (NAU) says that in another edition of (S1) Bryant says the fosse 'joins several tumuli', but if so this seems to be a confusion with Camden's 'mounds south of the town' (S3). It is not another edition of Bryant, it is (S4), from which Bryant quoted.
This could also be the site of Oxborough Warren.
See (S5).
S. Howard (HES), 28 October 2011.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- 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. TF 70 SW 20.
- <S1> SNF4928 Serial: Bryant, T. H.. 1898-1915. The Churches of Norfolk. Vols 1-19. Vols 1-19..
- <S2> SNF48659 Map: Ordnance Survey, First Edition, 6 Inch. 1879-1886. Ordnance Survey 1st Edition 6 inch map..
- <S3> SNF6201 Publication: Gough. 1722. Britannia by Camden.
- <S4> SNF4852 Publication: Britton & Brayley. 1808. Description of Norfolk-.
- <S5> SNF82482 Website: The Breckland Society. 2008. The Breckland Society Warrens Project.. http://www.brecsoc.org.uk/projects/warrens-project/.
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Record last edited
Jan 17 2025 11:54AM