NHER 43204 (Monument record) - Post medieval extraction pits in Thetford Forest Compartment 112180

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Summary

Various pits were recorded during a rapid identification survey in 2005. The largest and most complex one may be extraction pits and redeposited dumps of material.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL98SE
Civil Parish HARLING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

September 2005. Walkover Survey.
Rapid identification survey of forestry land in advance of destumping (Compartment 112180).
Recorded a number of undated pits, including one huge and complex pit (probably extraction pits), one burnt flint and one flake.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this survey are also noted in (S2).
D. Gurney (NLA), 13 February 2006. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 July 2015.

  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Rolfe, J. 2005. Forest Survey. A Report on the Rapid Identification Survey, 2005. Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service. 2005/175.
  • <S2> Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. 2006. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk in 2005. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLV Pt I pp 124-136. p 127.
  • BURNT FLINT (Unknown date)
  • FLAKE (Unknown date)

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Record last edited

Jul 21 2015 10:03AM

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