NHER 61105 (Monument record) - Quarry or marl pit at Cranwich Heath
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL79SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CRANWICH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
October 2014. Breaking New Ground field visit. HA 38.
An oval hollow measuring about 30m by 25m. It is visible on (S1).
It may have been excavated as a quarry for sand and gravel or a marl pit for chalk.
D. Robertson (HES), 27 July 2015.
January 2020. Breckland National Mapping Programme.
The post-medieval pit described above is visible as an earthwork on visualised lidar data (S2). It is one of several identified in the area, and their relatively well-defined character on the lidar visualisations suggests that they are small extraction pits of relatively recent, probably post medieval or 20th century, date. In this case, this interpretation is supported by its depiction on a historical Ordnance Survey map (S1). As the lidar survey was flown relatively recently, it is probably that the earthwork still survives.
The mapped extent of this feature has been refined [1].
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 25 January 2020.
Associated Sources (2)
- <S1> SNF7512 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1883. Ordnance Survey 6 inch map.
- <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: #65049 Extent of earthworks based on a LiDAR survey., ENF145328]
Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)
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Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Sep 12 2025 8:12AM