NHER 49767 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Earthworks of a mound which may relate to a Gyle Post (possible maypole)

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Summary

The earthworks of a probable post medieval mound are visible on aerial photographs and on relatively recent (2017) visualised lidar data. As the feature is visible as an earthwork on the visualised lidar data, it is likely that the feature still survives as an earthwork. The mound may relate to the site of a “Gyle Post” (possible maypole) which is recorded on the Ordnance Survey 1st edition 6" map at this location.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF81SE
Civil Parish NECTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

Gyle Post marked on (S1) on land that at that time as part of Necton Park. The type of lettering is that used to mark the nearby Lodge, but larger. NRO have not been able to trace this term as meaning anything other than a crane for loading timber, which seems unlikely in this setting. However, an unsourced press cutting dated 1903 in the Bolingbroke Collection NCM refers to a Whitsun maypole that stood on a mound in a field “opposite the Hall park”. This could refer to this location as although strictly within the park as a whole it is across the main road from the gates. Was the term Gyle Post used to refer to a maypole?
Site now flat arable land, all features removed.
E. Rose (NLA), 26 January 2007.

June 2023. Wendling Beck and Fransham Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
The earthworks of a mound (see above) of a probable post medieval date are visible on aerial photographs and on relatively recent (2017) visualised lidar data (S2-S3). The mound (as suggested above) may relate to the site of a “Gyle Post” recorded on the Ordnance Survey 1st edition 6" map (S4). The site is most likely associated with Necton Hall situated approximately 450m to the south. The mound is seen clearly as an earthwork on the 1940s aerial photographs (S2). It has been previously suggested (see above) that the feature has been removed. However, the mound is visible on recent (2017) visualised lidar data and likely still survives as a very low earthwork.
J. Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 29 June 2023.

  • <S1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1883. First edition six inch map.
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. RAF/3G/TUD/UK/52 V 5082-5083 31-JAN-1946.
  • <S3> LIDAR Airborne Survey: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LIDAR Data. National LIDAR Programme TF81SE DTM 1m 17 to 24-NOV-2017.
  • <S4> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1884-1891. Ordnance Survey Map. Six inches to the mile. First Edition. 1:10,560.

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Record last edited

Aug 2 2024 10:43AM

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