Record Details
| NHER Number: | 15631 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Medieval well at Crown Dairies |
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Summary
A medieval well about 15m deep, lined with chalk blocks and with an 18th or 19th century brick top.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 8724 8703 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL88NE |
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| Parish: | CROXTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
5 December 1979. 3m from buildings to north and east.
Well. Brick top of 18th/19th centuries, base of chalk blocks probably medieval. See newspaper cuttings in file.
Story of 'ancient chapel' unfounded; name of farm probably has other origin.
Further information to come.
A. Rogerson (NAU) 8 January 1980.
However, (S3) speaks of a monastic chapel "near the church". See under 5743.
E. Rose (NLA), July 2000.
Monument Types
- WELL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- WELL (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. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1979. Determined to get to bottom of well mystery. 6 December. |
| <S2> | Newspaper Article: Thetford and Watton Times. 1981. Spacious period property with Roman well. 13 February. |
| <S3> | Serial: Blomefield, F.. 1805-1810. An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk.. Volume Unknown. |
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