Record Details
| NHER Number: | 49291 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Earthworks of post medieval peat cuttings |
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Summary
Earthworks of post medieval peat cuttings are visible on aerial photographs. Several groups of rectangular pits are visible relating to individual strips or doles. Only the extent of the visible remains was recorded and the detail of individual pits or strips was not mapped.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 3526 1580 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG31NE |
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| Parish: | WOODBASTWICK, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
March 2007. Norfolk NMP.
Earthworks of post medieval peat cuttings are visible on aerial photographs (S1-S2). These earthworks are centred on TG 3534 1585. Earthworks and the pattern of vegetation growth reveal long rectangular and irregular pits separated by raised baulks. Each of the pits relates to a separately allocated strip or dole used for peat extraction on Ranworth Marshes during the post medieval period. Only the extent of the peat workings have been shown and the detail of the individual pits and strips has not been mapped.
J. Albone (NMP) 28 March 2007.
Monument Types
- PEAT CUTTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- PEAT EXTRACTION SITE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 1011-2 09-JUL-1946 (NHER TG 3515A-B). |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1963. RAF 543/2331 (F22) 119 14-NOV-1963 (NHER TG 3515E). |
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