NHER 27059 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Post medieval pits

February 2001. Norfolk NMP.
Two pits are visible as earthworks at TF 8436 4325 and at TF 8442 4307 on 1946 aerial photography (S1).
The more northerly pit is irregularly shaped and about 100m long, while the more southerly one is an irregular semi circular shape and some 50m across. On the aerial photography, the pits have a great deal of tree growth over them. A lime kiln (NHER 12239) has been recorded in the more northerly pit and is said to be buried under domestic rubbish. These pits may therefore originally have been some kind of extractive pits, which have latterly been used for domestic rubbish.
These quarried ares and limekilns are depicted on the 2nd edition OS map (S2).
A. Hunt (Suffolk CC NMP), 5 February 2001.