Record Details
NHER Number: | 6281 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Undated possible iron extraction pits |
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Summary
A large dispersed group of earthwork pits, interpreted as iron extraction pits dating from the Late Saxon to medieval period.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TG 1210 4167 |
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Map Sheet: | TG14SW |
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Parish: | WEYBOURNE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
'Thousands' of pits dug into greensand possibly for haematite beds on high ground south of Midland and Great Northern railway.
For further details see NHER 6280.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
May 2004. Norfolk NMP.
A large dispersed group of earthwork pits have been mapped and recorded within this area from aerial photographs as part of the Norfolk NMP, see NHER 38640 for details.
S. Massey (NMP), 28 May 2004.
Monument Types
- IRON WORKING SITE (Unknown date)
- PIT (Unknown date)
- QUARRY (Unknown date)
Associated Finds
- METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
- QUERN (Undated)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
--- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
--- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Weybourne. |
<S1> | Article in Monograph: Sainty, J. E. 1935. Norfolk Prehistory. Report of the Annual Meeting, 1935. Norwich, September 4-11. British Association for the Advancement of Science. Appendix pp 60-71. p 66. |
<S2> | Article in Serial: Harrod, H. 1852. On the Weybourne Pits. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol III pp 232-240. pp 232-240. |
<S3> | Serial: 1850. Norwich Mercury. |
<S4> | Article in Serial: Manning, C. R. 1872. Grimes Graves, Weeting. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol VII pp 169-177. p 170. |
<S5> | Monograph: 1901. The Victoria History of Norfolk. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol 1. p 263. |
<S6> | Publication: Clarke, W. G. 1922. Our Homeland Prehistoric Antiquities: and how to study them. p 92. |
<S7> | Article in Serial: 1920. Summary of Proceedings. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol III Pt II (for 1919-20) pp 315-322. pp 320-321. |
<S8> | Monograph: Windle, B.C.A.. 1897. Life in Early Britain.. p 224. |
<S9> | Article in Serial: Spurrell, F. C. J. 1883. On Some Large Collections of Shallow Pits in Norfolk and Elsewhere. The Archaeological Journal. Vol XL pp 281-295. pp 283, 285. |
Related records
38640 | Related to: Late Saxon to medieval earthwork pits (Monument) |
6282 | Related to: Undated possible iron extraction pits (Monument) |
6280 | Related to: Undated possible iron extraction pits (Monument) |
38346 | Related to: World War Two pits and trenches (Monument) |
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