NHER 38669 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Earthwork mound of unknown date

June 2004, Norfolk NMP.
A mound, partially surrounded by a curvilinear ditch, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs (S1), centred at TG 2115 3993. Its function is unclear but it seems most likely to be a post medieval or modern agricultural feature, such as a stack stand. Alternatively, it might be associated with the 19th to 20th century brickworks 120m to its north (depicted on S2). The possibility that the mound represents the remains of a Bronze Age round barrow cannot be ruled out, given the proximity of the site to Roughton Heath where a number of barrows have been identified. This interpretation, however, seems the least plausible.
The mound is sub-circular in plan having a flattened east side where it meets the road. It measures approximately 15m long and 11.5m wide. The curvilinear ditch, which measures up to 3.5m wide, measures approximately 20m in diameter where it surrounds the mound. Vertical aerial photographs from 1955 show that the mound had been ploughed flat by this date.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 29 June 2004.