NHER 6281 (Monument record) - Undated possible iron extraction pits

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Summary

A large dispersed group of earthwork pits, interpreted as iron extraction pits dating from the Late Saxon to medieval period.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG14SW
Civil Parish WEYBOURNE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

'Thousands' of pits dug into greensand possibly for haematite beds on high ground south of Midland and Great Northern railway.
For further details see NHER 6280.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

May 2004. Norfolk NMP.
A large dispersed group of earthwork pits have been mapped and recorded within this area from aerial photographs as part of the Norfolk NMP, see NHER 38640 for details.
S. Massey (NMP), 28 May 2004.

  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Weybourne.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Article in Monograph: Sainty, J. E. 1935. Norfolk Prehistory. British Association for the Advancement of Science. Report of the Annual Meeting, 1935. Norwich, September 4-11. British Association for the Advancement of Science. Appendix pp 60-71. p 66.
  • <S2> Article in Serial: Harrod, H. 1852. On the Weybourne Pits. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol III pp 232-240. pp 232-240.
  • <S3> Serial: 1850. Norwich Mercury.
  • <S4> Article in Serial: Manning, C. R. 1872. Grimes Graves, Weeting. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol VII pp 169-177. p 170.
  • <S5> Monograph: 1901. The Victoria History of Norfolk. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol 1. p 263.
  • <S6> Publication: Clarke, W. G. 1922. Our Homeland Prehistoric Antiquities: and how to study them. p 92.
  • <S7> Article in Serial: 1920. Summary of Proceedings. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol III Pt II (for 1919-20) pp 315-322. pp 320-321.
  • <S8> Monograph: Windle, B.C.A.. 1897. Life in Early Britain.. p 224.
  • <S9> Article in Serial: Spurrell, F. C. J. 1883. On Some Large Collections of Shallow Pits in Norfolk and Elsewhere. The Archaeological Journal. Vol XL pp 281-295. pp 283, 285.
  • METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
  • QUERN (Undated)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Record last edited

Sep 12 2018 11:54PM

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