NHER 3684 (Place record) - Medieval extraction pit, Normansburrow or No Man's Burrow

Norman's Burrow marked on (S1), with Norman's Burrow Wood to north.
(S2) has 'No Man's Barrow' and (S3) has 'Norman's Barrow' but marked where Raby Wood now is, to the southwets.
According to R. R. Clarke (NCM), J. E. Sainty said it was natural (what was?). Forestry workers felling part of Raby Wood in June 1981, told E. Rose (NAU) that there were no mounds in that wood. The spot now marked as Norman's Burrow by (S1) is a hollow and old quarry under a hill.
E. Rose (NAU) 4 June 1981.

Tithe maps of Pattesley and South Raynham 1843 mark Norman's Burrow Wood as such in the same place as now, and Raby's Wood as Raby's Oak Wood. Norman's Burrow House is marked as Keeper's Lodge. No barrow marked.
E. Rose (NAU) 7 July 1981.

On the Colkirk side of the boundary here, low tree cover in November 2000 reveals a vast steep-sided pit. It seems probable that the place name is correct as No Man's Burrow, i.e. a public extraction pit at the parish and (more importantly) Hundred boundary. It is therefore likely to be of medieval date and thus very important.
E. Rose (NAU) 13 November 2000.

Note the use of the name No Man’s Chapel north of Exeter to mean a chapel at the junction of several parishes, showing a parallel medieval use of the term.
E. Rose (NLA), 19 September 2006.