Record Details

NHER Number:11833
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of post medieval saw pit

Summary

This post medieval saw pit was identified in 1978 but young pine trees have since been planted on the site and the pit can no longer be seen.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TL 8642 9968
Map Sheet:TL89NE
Parish:LITTLE CRESSINGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

Saw pit (Ordnance Survey).
Visited E. Rose (NAU), 22 June 1978.

This part of the wood has been replanted with close set young pines, and the pit presumably destroyed or buried.

July 2001. Woodland Earthwork Rapid Identification Survey.
Princes Covert. Management Unit B, Site 16:
No convincing surface evidence although some slight irregularities exist.
See report (S1) for further details.
B. Cushion (NLA), February 2002. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 11 May 2015.

Monument Types

  • SAW PIT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1>Unpublished Contractor Report: Cushion, B. 2002. STANTA ILMP Woodland Earthwork Rapid Identification Survey. Brian Cushion Archaeological & Cartographical Surveyor.

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