Monument record ELV 031 - Center Parcs Holiday Village; Warren Wood

Large sub-circular mound, circa 2.5m high by 23m N-S by 28m EW. Flat top circa 5m x 11m. Low bank off N edge to E, another from centre W side to W. Mound has mature pine (circa 30 yrs old?) and circa 40(?) year old beech(?) trees growing on it. Top is crossed by cycle track used by Center Parcs holiday village residents revealing sandy surface with common natural flints, 1 burnt flint on N side and 4 struck flints on S side (1 patinated, 3 unpatinated with cortex remaining)(S1).
Location marked following rapid survey appears to lie on line of droveway marked on 1:10,560 & 1:10,000 OS maps (S2) suggesting mound is recent (note Warren Wood was 2WW ammunition dump) as does condition, though trees suggest at least 40 years old and flints support older date (though may well be residual). Details of location of mound & trackway need checking. Also see long mound to S (ELV 032).

October 2017. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
The earthworks of this previously recorded mound are clearly visible on the 0.5m resolution Lidar data (S3). Although there is a later track running across the mound, it overlies earlier earthworks and tracks, assumed to be of medieval to post medieval date. It has been suggested that it relates to Second World War activity, however the mound cannot clearly be seen on aerial photographs from 1959 (S4), suggesting it post-dates the last 1950s.
S. Horlock (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 5th October 2017.