Record Details
| NHER Number: | 15156 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of post medieval windmill, Mill Cottages |
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Summary
The site of a post mill, marked on a map of 1797. It was demolished in 1869.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 8430 2201 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF82SW |
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| Parish: | WEASENHAM ALL SAINTS, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Site of wind mill. Marked on Faden's map of 1797 (S1).
E. Rose (NAU), 21 August 1979.
This is the site of a post mill recorded well back into medieval and rebuilt in 1724. Information from [1].
Drawn on map of 1590 as standing on mound. See (S2).
Last used in 1868 and demolished 1869. Information from [2].
Monument Types
- WINDMILL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- WINDMILL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797. |
| <S2> | Monograph: Wade-Martins, P. 1980. Fieldwork and Excavation on Village Sites in Launditch Hundred, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 10. |
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