NHER 2341 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmark of a pit
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF72SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GREAT MASSINGHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Whitaker claims to have observed on an aerial photograph in 1959 a barrow about here.
Information from Norwich Castle Museum.
This area is covered in impenetrable scrub and bushes which could easily hide a tank, let alone a barrow, but it is in an appropriate place on the crest of a ridge.
Visited by E. Rose (NAU) 28 August 1975.
This feature shows as a white irregular ring on (S1).
It could be a ring ditch but equally well could be an old flint pit.
E. Rose (NAU)
Yes it is a pit.
A. J. Lawson (NAU) 1979.
July 2026. HER Enhancement: Forestry Commission Project K.
Recent lidar imagery (S4) confirms the 1979 interpretation that the cropmark feature defines a pit.
The mapped extend of this feature has been slighlty altered. It is now centered approximately 20m to the northeast of its previously mapped location.
H. Hamilton (HES), 21 July 2026.
Associated Sources (4)
- <S1> SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Massingham.
- <S2> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S3> SNF11661 Aerial Photograph: TF7920A, CUC, BHR2.
- <S4> SNF101413 LIDAR Airborne Survey: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LIDAR Data. National LIDAR Programme TF72SE DTM 1m 23-NOV-2022 TO 24-NOV-2022.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jul 21 2026 10:51AM