NHER 61499 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Possible mound, pit or emplacement of unknown date

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Summary

A possible mound, pit or emplacement, of unknown date is visible as an earthwork on lidar imagery. The archaeological significance of the site is uncertain, but it could feasibly represent the remains of a barrow, mine or military feature. Assuming that the feature on the lidar does represent a real feature on the ground, it is likely that earthworks still survive.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL89SW
Civil Parish LYNFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

November 2016. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
A possible mound, pit or emplacement, of unknown date, is visible as an earthwork on lidar imagery (S1). The archaeological significance of the site is uncertain, but it could feasibly represent the remains of a damaged barrow, a mine or a military feature. In terms of the latter, nothing is clearly visible here on aerial photographs taken in 1946 (S2, for example), but it could date to early in the Second World War or to the First World War. Assuming that the feature on the lidar does represent a real feature on the ground, it is likely that any earthworks still survive.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 9 November 2016.

  • <S1> LIDAR Airborne Survey: Various. LIDAR Airborne Survey. LIDAR Lynford Forest Research 0.5m DTM 15-JUN-2015 (BNG Project, FC England, Fugro Geospatial).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Vertical Aerial Photograph. RAF/CPE/UK/1801 RS 4114-5 25-OCT-1946 (HEA Original Print).

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Record last edited

Oct 22 2019 11:06AM

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