NHER 55977 (Monument record) - Rectangular pit of unknown date
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL79SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CRANWICH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
February 1998. Walkover Survey.
Rapid Earthwork Identification Survey (Compartment 4008).
Pit II:
A rectangular pit measuring 15 x 7m and 2m deep of unknown date was observed which could be marl pit but it is not marked as such on the 6 inch 1st edition ordnance survey map (1879-1886).
See report (S1) for further details.
S. Howard (HES), 16 August 2011. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 18 August 2015.
April 2019. Breckland National Mapping Programme.
An undated rectangular pit is seen as an earthwork on visualised lidar data (S2). The pit may possibly be a post-medieval extraction pit or may relate to Second World War activity as the pit is in close relation to a possible Second World War feature (NHER 63285) to the north and Cranwich military camp to the east (NHER 25240). If the pit does relate to a post-medieval extraction pit, it is not marked on the Tithe map (S3), First Edition Ordnance Survey map (S4) or Second Edition Ordnance Survey map (S5).
The mapped extent of this pit has been expanded from a point to a polygon and moved slightly east [1].
J.Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 10 April 2019.
Associated Sources (5)
- <S1> SNF81447 Unpublished Contractor Report: Pendleton, C. and Sommers, M. 1998. Rapid Earthwork Identification Survey. Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service. 98/25.
- <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: #64981 Extent of earthworks based on a LiDAR survey., ENF145328]
- <S3> SNF50969 Map: Tithe map. Cranwich Tithe.
- <S4> SNF53293 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1884-1891. Ordnance Survey Map. Six inches to the mile. First Edition. 1:10,560.
- <S5> SNF73882 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-7. Ordnance Survey second edition 25 inch (1902-7) map. 25 inches to 1 mile.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (9)
- EXTRACTIVE PIT (Unknown date)
- MARL PIT? (Unknown date)
- PIT (Unknown date)
- EXTRACTIVE PIT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- PIT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- EXTRACTIVE PIT (World War Two - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD?)
- MILITARY SITE? (World War Two - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD?)
- MILITARY TRAINING SITE? (World War Two - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD?)
- PIT (World War Two - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD?)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Sep 12 2025 8:12AM