NHER 27927 (Monument record) - Possible medieval saltern

June 2003. Norfolk NMP.
The mound is elongated in plan, aligned with it long axis in an east to west alignment, with a rounded western end and an irregular eastern end (S1). The feature has a maximum length of 132m, and a width of 58m. At the eastern end there appears to be an irregular truncation or cut into the mound. This may be some form of localised quarry, or possibly the site of a building or the location where the sand washing was actually taking place. There is reason to suspect that the mound to the immediate northeast, NHER 31431, was later altered and surrounded by a ditch, possibly during the Civil War period. It is possible that this mound was also truncated or altered at this time.
This is likely to be a medieval saltern mound, formed by the discarding of the waste sand after the salt has been washed out of it. It is within a large group of saltern mounds upon the former saltmarsh of South Wootton and King’s Lynn, all of which are likely to date from the medieval period.
M. Brennand (NMP), 30 June 2003.