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Description: | PRN 52070
[Note - this record contains information from PRN 52071, now deleted.]
The remains of gypsum quarrying take the form of hills and holes (i.e. delves and spoil heaps, similar to limestone working) occupying at least 12ha on the keuper marl escarpment north east of the town and extending into Thonock. The name Pitt Hills is documented at least from the beginning of the17th century and their extent was mapped in about 1690. A mine for gypsum was a manorial appurtenance in 1296. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5}
The site has been assessed as part of the Monuments Protection Programme (see Note). {6} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 1066 - 1900 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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