NHER 64233 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Earthwork mounds possibly relating to Second World War military training

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Summary

A group of mounds most likely dating to the Second World War are seen as earthworks on aerial photographs and visualised lidar data. The features most likely relate to military training as part of the larger area of Second World War training on Cawston/ Marsham heath (NHER 64231). The features seem to have been subsequently levelled with one of the mounds possibly surviving as an earthwork on recent (2017) visualised lidar data.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG12SE
Civil Parish MARSHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

September 2021. Aylsham and Brampton Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
A group of mounds most likely dating to the Second World War are seen as earthworks on aerial photographs and visualised lidar data (S1-S2). The features consist of four small circular mounds and a larger roughly oblong mound. The features most likely relate to military training features as part of the larger area of Second World War training on Cawston/ Marsham heath (NHER 64231). The features seem to have been subsequently levelled with one of the mounds (centred at TG 1775 2322) possibly surviving as an earthwork on recent (2017) visualised lidar data. The features are in close proximity to a record for a possible Bronze Age round barrow (NHER 7491). It Is unlikely that these mounds relate to Bronze Age barrows as the features look too recent on the 1940s aerial photographs (S1).
J. Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 20 September 2021.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. RAF/106G/UK/1636 RS 4289-4290 09-JUL-1946.
  • <S2> LIDAR Airborne Survey: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LIDAR Data. National LIDAR Programme DTM TG12SE 1m 17-11-2017.

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Record last edited

Oct 10 2023 12:23PM

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