Monument record BRD 306 - Oval or circular mound of uncertain date and function

May 2018. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
An oval or circular mound, of unknown date and function, is visible on aerial photographs (S1) and on imagery from a 2015 lidar survey (S2). Other mounds have been identified nearby (BRD 195, 196 and 082). These have been tentatively interpreted as possible pillow mounds, presumably relating to medieval to post medieval warrening, or as possible barrows. However, the appearance of all the features on the aerial sources suggests that they may be of more recent, or even natural origin. The ground surface across the whole area is very uneven and irregular, with evidence of former quarrying, and perhaps natural scouring and dune formation. There is therefore a high probability that all the features are of natural origin, or perhaps related to 19th or 20th century quarrying. As the lidar survey was flown relatively recently, it is likely that the earthwork still survives.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 10th May 2018.