NHER 49252 (Monument record) - Medieval to post medieval mound, possible saltern or building platform
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG40SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FRITTON AND ST OLAVES, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
May 2008. Norfolk NMP.
The earthworks of possible medieval saltern and/or building mound are visible on aerial photographs adjacent to the dismantled railway line on the edge of the Belton Marshes (S1). The site is centred on TG 4686 0177. The mound is circular in shape, 13m across, and is located within an area of rectilinear drainage ditches. Salterns are generally more irregular in form than this, see NHER 49235-8 for more amorphous shaped examples in the area of this site, and it is therefore possible that this low, circular mound represent the remains of a building platform, or possibly a raised area for cattle in times of flood.
S. Massey (NMP), 29 May 2008.
Associated Sources (1)
- <S1> SNF70364 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1963. RAF 543/2531 (F22) 0055-6 14-NOV-1963 (NMR).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jun 9 2016 3:09PM