NHER 24370 (Monument record) - Undated mound or possible medieval saltern

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Summary

An undated mound survives as an earthwork at this location. It is probably a mound from a salt works and could be medieval in date.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TM49NW
Civil Parish HADDISCOE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

February 1988. East of Willow Farm, on south of public footpath.
Mound, about 1-1.5m high, under pasture. Occupying all of field, irregular shape with old gullies cut into side, resembling a stranded starfish.
Reported by friend of [1] who stated that in 1939 it was to be excavated due to a belief that it was a burial mound, but war intervened. From position on edge of marshes and similarity to mounds at Halvergate Marshes, probable that this is a saltern mound.
E. Rose (NAU), 14 March 1988.

March 1995. Earthwork Survey.
Survey at 1:1000.
See report (S1) further details and copy of plan (S2). This survey is also noted in (S3).
B. Cushion (NLA), March 1995. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 23 March 2015.

October 2000.
Grazed by sheep. Good grass cover, a few thistle patches. Minimal poaching near gate.
H. Paterson (A&E), 9 January 2003.

  • --- Photograph: ELD 22-25.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • --- Slide: Various. Slide.
  • <S1> Unpublished Report: Cushion, B. 1995. Haddiscoe SMR24370. Earthwork Survey Report.
  • <S2> Illustration: 1995. Plan of earthworks at Haddiscoe SMR 24370.
  • <S3> Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1996. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1995. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt III pp 397-412. p 401.

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Record last edited

Nov 12 2015 11:35AM

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