NHER 56100 (Monument record) - Possible gunflint mine
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL78NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HOCKWOLD CUM WILTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
February 1998. Walkover Survey.
Rapid Earthwork Identification Survey (Compartment 6100).
A number of pits that could relate to 19th-century gunflint mining were located but the name Gravel Pit Wood on the 1944 ordnance survey map could suggest that these are the remains of 20th-century gravel extraction pits.
See report (S1) for further details.
S. Howard (HES), 7 September 2011. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 19 August 2015.
January 2017. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
The extent of the area of extraction has been extended using evidence from the 0.5m resolution Lidar data (S2). The profile of the extraction area surface does not exhibit the same characteristics of other known gun flint extraction sites.
S. Horlock (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 31 January 2017.
Associated Sources (2)
- <S1> SNF81447 Unpublished Contractor Report: Pendleton, C. and Sommers, M. 1998. Rapid Earthwork Identification Survey. Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service. 98/25.
- <S2>XY SNF94129 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: #63948 Extent of earthworks based on a LiDAR survey., ENF141031]
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
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Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jul 23 2025 8:07AM