Monument record STN 096 - Undated mound, possibly a post medieval garden feature
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Summary
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 8139 8773 (16m by 15m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL88NW |
| Civil Parish | SANTON DOWNHAM, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (5)
Full Description
Smaller of two circular mound earthworks (also STN 096) with hollow centres in small area of woodland south of Mark Lane. Not showing on LIDAR 2m resolution image (S1).
10 October 2013: visited - under mature (beech?) broadleaves growing on top of the circular bank/mound of about 20m diameter and about 0.8m high. Central hollow circa 8m diameter (S2).
Possibly garden features associated with Downham Hall (STN 017).
July 2017. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
The circular mound with a hollow centre described above, is visible as an earthwork on imagery from lidar survey flown in 2015 (S3). Two further mounds are also visible (STN 095, STN 150). All three could feasibly represent post medieval garden features, associated with Downham Hall (STN 017), as suggested above. Their interpretation as Second World War military features, such as gun emplacements, is also plausible.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 19th July 2017.
Sources/Archives (3)
- <S1> SSF53973 Digital archive: Environment Agency. c1999-2021. LIDAR (EA).
- <S2> SSF50006 Unpublished document: Suffolk County Council Archaeologcial Service. Site Report. Pendleton C (SCCAS), notated map (in parish file), 10 October 2013.
- <S3> SSF55747 LIDAR Airborne Survey: LIDAR airborne survey. LIDAR Santon Forest Research 0.5m DTM 15-JUL-2015 (BNG Project, FC England, Fugro Geospatial).
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Related Events/Activities (1)
Record last edited
Mar 4 2019 1:24PM