NHER 61106 (Monument record) - Probable post-medieval extraction pit on 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 39.
A roughly circular hollow with a diameter of about 35m. It is visible on the First Edition Ordnanec Survey map (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.
May 2020. Breckland National Mapping Programme.
The pit described above is visible as an earthwork on visualised lidar data (S2). It is also visible on aerial photographs (S3, for example). As suggested above, it is probably a post-medieval extraction pit. As the lidar survey was flown relatively recently, it is probable that the earthwork still survives.
The mapped extent of this pit has been refined [1].
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 8 May 2020.
Associated Sources (3)
- <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: #65050 Extent of earthworks based on aerial photographs and LiDAR survey., ENF145328]
- <S3> SNF94127 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Vertical Aerial Photograph. RAF/3G/TUD/UK/101 RV 6167-6168 30-MAR-1946 (HEA Original Print).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Sep 12 2025 8:12AM