Record Details
| NHER Number: | 64452 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible post-medieval flint extraction pit |
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Summary
A large pit is depicted at this location on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map and is visible as an earthwork on the 2003 Google Earth image. It has been suggested that this, along with a pit to the north-east (NHER 64453), are flint extraction pits supplying a gunflint manufacturing industry (NHER 64451). A large number of post-medieval gunflints and debitage have been recovered between the two pits and these flints are recorded under NHER 25706. This site, however, shows no evidence of horseshoe-shaped spoil heaps and other features often associated with such manufacturing sites.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2013 0464 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG20SW |
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| Parish: | KESWICK, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
7 September 2018.
A large pit measuring approximately 60m diameter is depicted on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map (S1) and is visible as an earthwork on a Google Earth image (S2) taken in October 2003. J. Gibbons (HES) suggests that this pit may have been a post-medieval flint extraction pit (See Portable Antiquities Scheme record NMS-28C404) as a large number of post-medieval gunflints and debitage have been recovered immediately to the north-east. The gunflints and debitage are recorded under NHER 25706. An additional, but much smaller, possible extraction pit is recorded at NHER 64453 to the north-east, beyond the flint assemblage. The three sites may represent a previously unknown post-medieval gunflint manufacturing site (NHER 64451). This site, however, shows no evidence of horseshoe-shaped spoil heaps and other features often associated with such manufacturing sites.
E. McDonald (HES) and A. Beckham (HES), 28 August 2020.
Monument Types
- EXTRACTIVE PIT (In Use As, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FLINT MINE (In Use As, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Map: Ordnance Survey, First Edition, 6 Inch. 1879-1886. Ordnance Survey 1st Edition 6 inch map.. |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 05-OCT-2003 Accessed 28-AUG-2020. |
Related records
| 64451 | Part of: Possible post-medieval gunflint manufacturing site (Monument) |
| 25706 | Related to: Multi-period finds (Find Spot) |
| 64453 | Related to: Possible post-medieval flint extraction pit (Monument) |