Record Details
| NHER Number: | 13654 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of post medieval watermill |
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Summary
The site of Booton watermill, said to have been a mill since medieval times. The exact location of the mill is not known.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | BOOTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
'Near the local water mill many years' before 1946.From handwritten note in (S1) by R.R. Clarke (NCM), who goes on to describe a lower stone of conglomerate or puddingstone quern, 28cm (11 inches) across, 10cm (4 inches) thick, central hole 3.8cm (1 1/2 inches) across.
No water mill in Booton now; perhaps once near Beck Cottages? No trace of a water mill at Beck Cottages, and 1883 OS 6 inch map does not mark any mill in area!
[1] notes a wind mill at site 21695 in Booton but says no water mill there since medieval times.
E. Rose (NAU) 30 August 1985.
Monument Types
- WATERMILL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- QUERN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Booton. |
| <S1> | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
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