NHER 9488 (Monument record) - Post medieval mound

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Summary

A long mound of unknown purpose, erected in the early 18th century. Fragments of post medieval pottery and a 17th century coin have been found on the mound.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG10SE
Civil Parish BRACON ASH, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

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.

  • --- Illustration: Earthwork Plan.
  • --- Publication: Williams, A.. 1941. [unknown]. plan: measured.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Bracon Ash (Hethel).
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Post-Medieval. Bracon Ash.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 10 SE 2 [2].
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Article in Serial: Williams, A. 1945. Notes: Mounds at Hethel, Near Wymondham, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXVIII Pt IV pp 296-297.
  • 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

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