NHER 27123 (Monument record) - Possible medieval salterns

October 2002. Norfolk NMP.
The group consists of five mounds (S1) centred on TF 6307 2251, TF 6305 2263, TF 6312 2257, TF 6318 2263 and TF 6323 2257. The mounds are irregular to sub-rounded in plan, ranging in diameter from 45m to 115m. The easternmost four mounds appear to be characteristically located within the meanders of saltmarsh channels, still extant in the nineteenth century (S2).
These features form part of a dense concentration of saltern mounds located along the saltmarsh in North and South Wootton. Direct dating evidence is scarce but isolated finds of pottery would suggest that the majority of the mounds are medieval in date.
M. Brennand (NMP) 23 October 2003.