NHER 5131

Name of Flint Mine / Flint Mining Site

NHER 5131 Grid TL 826 907

Between A134 and West Tofts

Name of Researchers Kathy Gay and Sue Pennell

Date of Survey 4 November 2014

Can you see any of the features listed below?

If so, please count or estimate the number of each feature and record approximate

dimensions

Feature type

Present

(tick)

Number

counted/

estimated

Maximum

length

Maximum

width

Maximum

depth/height

Pits

nil

Depressions

or hollows

nil

Spoilbanks

nil

Spoilheaps

nil

Trackways

Yes FC

Running east to west

Worked flints

nil

Discarded flints

nil

Other features

Large scraped area

Mapping




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Access

Were you able to access all obvious areas of flint mining?

If not, please mark on the map the areas you were not able to access.

Yes

Photography

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Overall condition of the Site

(from A = excellent to F = poor)

A

Land use ( as many as appropriate)

Forestry Plantation

Any additional observations or comments

The records give NHER 5131 as TL 826907, however, there did not appear to be any archaeology on this site. However, Swell Pit and other small pits are to the east and Forestry Commission Pit to the south.