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Multi-periodSite Name: Aylmerton Shrieking PitsCountry: England County: Norfolk Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Village: Aylmerton
Map Ref: TG1823939072
Latitude: 52.904742N Longitude: 1.243735E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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The whole area towards Weybourne, Runton and Beeston Regis was once pockmarked by these depressions, where they were known as 'Hills and Holes'.
Here, they are called the 'Shrieking Pits', from the legend that they are haunted by a woman in white who wanders around and peers into them, all the while moaning and wailing. Her jealous husband was said to have murdered her baby - whose body she is searching for - as he didn't believe that he was the father, and he afterward killed his wife.
A water-filled pit with the same origin and the same name but a different legend exists a few miles to the east, at Northrepps.
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