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Multi-periodSite Name: Vikings Mound
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.546 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Norfolk Type: Artificial Mound

Map Ref: TM02678781
Latitude: 52.450637N Longitude: 0.981066E
Condition:

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3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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-1	Completely destroyed

no data Ambience:

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no data Access:

5	Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4	Short walk on a footpath
3	Requiring a bit more of a walk
2	A long walk
1	In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5	co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
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2	co-ordinates of the nearest village
1	co-ordinates of the nearest town
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willowman1 visited on 1st Jan 1977 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Mound easy to see from roadside back then. Now overgrown and impossible to see unless you trespass on private land.

**Vikings Mound** submitted by willowman1 : Also once known as the Bubberies and Quidenham Mount, this mound is said in local legend to mark a battlefield and/or be one of the many resting places of Boudicca, "with all her jewels". In fact it's almost certainly the motte of a small 12th century castle, built to guard the nearby ford of the river Wittle. Nowadays, it's much more overgrown and hard to see than it was when I visited and photog... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Artificial Mound in Norfolk

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"An imposing mound with surrounding ditch situated on a sloping spur, overlooking a river crossing, and now covered with undergrowth and trees, including an oak in excess of 300 years old. The mound has a maximum overall diameter of 20.0m and a height, above the ditch bottom, of 3.3m."

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TM0287 : View north along Quidenham Road by Evelyn Simak — by Evelyn Simak
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TM0287 : A field of ripening barley by Evelyn Simak — by Evelyn Simak
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TM0287 : Gatehouse beside Quidenham Road by Evelyn Simak — by Evelyn Simak
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TM0288 : 01953887234 by steve chamberlin — by steve chamberlin
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TM0287 : St Andrew's church in Quidenham by Evelyn Simak — by Evelyn Simak
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