NHER 27928 (Monument record) - Possible medieval saltern mounds

June 2003. Norfolk NMP.
The mounds are only visible as earthworks on the 1943 images (S1), and even then they are not particularly distinct. There are probably four mounds represented here, although the southern three mounds appear to be interconnected. The mounds are irregular to rounded in plan, displaying a typical flori-form shape at the edges. Assuming that the mounds were initially separate, the four features range in maximum diameter from 49m to 69m. There is a potentially fifth mound running from the northernmost mound in this group up, to the southernmost mound in NHER 27897, although this feature has not been mapped. These are probably medieval saltern mounds, originally created during salt production on the former saltmarsh. They are all likely to date from the medieval period.
M. Brennand (NMP), 24 June 2003.

April 2008. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed development site at Plot 13, Hamburg Way.
Much of this site is covered by the probable saltern mound identified at TF 6321 2177. The two trenches excavated revealed a deep, extensive deposit of undifferentiated washed and dumped silt that was believed to represent the remains of the saltern mound. Although no dating evidence was recovered it is argued that the size and stratigraphic position of this mound indicate it was associated with a late medieval saltern. It sealed the remains of a tidal saltmarsh creek and two mounds that appear to have been associated with earlier, Iron Age/Roman and medieval phases of salt production. Pottery of 14th to 15th-century date was recovered from the basal layer of the later of these smaller mounds.
The undifferentiated nature of the silts forming the later saltern mound and the lack of any alluvial horizons are notable, suggesting either that the material had accumulated rapidly, or that the site had been protected from flooding.
See NHER 51419 for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 18 April 2018.