NHER 9488 (Monument record) - Post medieval mound
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG10SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BRACON ASH, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Long Mound on aerodrome site examined 1941.
Erected about 1700.
Destroyed 1941, 27m long, 8m wide, 6m high, no ditch.
See (S1).
1975.
Informant said site visible as patch of clay in slight hollow.
E. Rose (NAU) 1975.
Finds on undisturbed clay towards centre of mound were fragments of upper part of a bellarmine.
At east end, at higher level, a William and Mary halfpenny of 1692, from a rabbit scrape.
OS Records.
R. J. Rickett (NAU) 13 July 1990.
March 2010 Norfolk NMP.
No sign on available Aerial photographs.
NMR reports mound as destroyed by airfield construction in 1941.
E. Bales (NMP) March 2010.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF57033 Illustration: Earthwork Plan.
- --- SNF8592 Publication: Williams, A.. 1941. [unknown]. plan: measured.
- --- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Bracon Ash (Hethel).
- --- SNF89829 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Post-Medieval. Bracon Ash.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 10 SE 2 [2].
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF2092 Article in Serial: Williams, A. 1945. Notes: Mounds at Hethel, Near Wymondham, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXVIII Pt IV pp 296-297.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (3)
- COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Aug 4 2025 5:14PM