NHER 56080 (Monument record) - Pit of unknown date

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Summary

A large chalk or marl pit of unknown date was observed during a rapid earthwork identification survey in 1998. The earthworks of this large pit are also visible on 0.5m resolution Lidar data gathered in 2015.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL79SE
Civil Parish WEETING WITH BROOMHILL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

February 1998. Walkover Survey.
Rapid Earthwork Identification Survey (Compartment 1093).
Large chalk or marl pit 25m in diameter and 2m deep not shown on the 1 inch Ordnance Survey First Edition map (1824-1836) (S2).
See report (S1) for further details.
S. Howard (HES), 2 September 2011. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 19 August 2015.

March 2017. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
The earthworks of this large pit are visible on the 0.5m resolution Lidar data (S3). The location of the site has been amended [1].
S. Horlock (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 2 March 2017.

  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Pendleton, C. and Sommers, M. 1998. Rapid Earthwork Identification Survey. Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service. 98/25.
  • <S2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1805-1836. Ordnance Survey Map. One inch to the mile. First Edition.
  • <S3>XY LIDAR Airborne Survey: Various. LIDAR Airborne Survey. LIDAR Weeting Forest Research 0.5m DTM 17-JUL-2015 (BNG Project, FC England, Fugro Geospatial). [Mapped feature: #63947 Extent of earthworks based on a LiDAR survey., ENF141031]

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Record last edited

Sep 21 2020 12:42PM

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