NHER 43696 (Monument) - A post medieval extraction pit, Aldeby marshes

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Summary

An area of post medieval extraction, probably for clay, is visible on aerial photographs alongside the River Waveney on the edge of Aldeby marshes.

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Map sheet TM49NE
Civil Parish ALDEBY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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July 2006. Norfolk NMP.
An area of post medieval extraction, probably for clay, is visible on aerial photographs alongside the River Waveney (S1-S2). The site is centred on TM 4700 9712 and consists of a large water-filled pit, measuring approximately 60m by 40m and surrounded by a drainage ditch, forming an oblong enclosure. An elongated pit, 11m by 3m, with banks of upcast material on either side is also visible.
S. Massey (NMP), 18 July 2006.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF 106G/LA/39 4001-2 16-SEP-1944 (NMR).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/930 3060-1 16-OCT-1945 (NHER TM 4697A, TM 4797A).

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Record last edited

Jan 6 2012 4:49PM

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