NHER 2234 (Monument record) - Site of earthwork mound of unknown date
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF51NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WIGGENHALL ST GERMANS, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Mound, site of.
(S1), an undated press cutting, describes as circular, about 4.5m (15ft) high, 61m (200ft) circumference, near Wynds Bridge. Threatened by ploughing; subsidence on northeast revealed slight traces of charcoal at top. No finds made in ploughing when watched by G. Fowler (Fenland Research Committee). No local traditions of origin.
G.M.G. Woodgate in (S2) quotes this cutting as published 'a few years ago' when mound was destroyed. He quotes an account of a beacon fire being lit in Napoleonic times at Islington, and that one mound (not necesarily this one) was called Bonfire Hill.
E. Rose (NAU), 6 December 1983.
Copy of (S1) in file.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF99172 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Wiggenhall St Mary The Virgin.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF64329 Newspaper Article: Mystery mound At Islington. A problem for local archaeologists.
- <S2> SNF8639 Newspaper Article: Woodgate, G.M.G. (Ely and Wisbech Advertiser). 193?. [unknown]. 23 March.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (1)
- PLANT REMAINS (Undated)
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Record last edited
Jun 5 2013 5:00PM