Record Details
NHER Number: | 16691 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Post medieval lime kilns opposite Irmingland Hall |
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Summary
Three post medieval lime kilns survive here despite the fact that one was very poorly built. These are now a haven for local wildlife with very active rabbit barrows underneath and roosting bats inside.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TG 1232 2930 |
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Map Sheet: | TG12NW |
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Parish: | OULTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Lime kilns.
Three kilns south of road opposite Irmingland Hall.
One has its chutes narrowed, another is atrociously built.
Information from Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society.
E. Rose (NAU) 31 October 1980.
PROTECTED BAT SITE. See letter (S1) in file.
E. Rose (NLA) 22 February 1991
1992.
All three still in good condition, except for a hole in one, and undermining by rabbits. One kiln has a lime plaster skim on the inside.
Information from member of the public [1].
See (S2).
This site is noted in White's Directory 1854 (S3) and in Kelly's from 1892 to 1875 (S4) and it is marked on 25ins O.S. maps 1905 (S5). However its shape on these maps is the same as it is today, so it is likely that chalk extraction stopped here before this map was made.
NIAS records (S6)
W. Arnold (HES) 13/12/2010
Monument Types
- LIME KILN (19th Century to Early 20th Century - 1854 AD? to 1905 AD?)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
--- | Aerial Photograph: TG 1229B. |
--- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
--- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
--- | Fiche: Exists. |
<S1> | Correspondence: Goldsmith, J. G.. 1991. Hibernating bats and lime kilns. |
<S2> | Fiche: NIAS. NIAS Survey. |
<S3> | Directory: White, W.. 1845. White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk. |
<S4> | Directory: Kelly, E.. Kelly's Directory of Norfolk.. |
<S5> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-7. Ordnance Survey 25 inch 2nd edition (revised 1902-7). |
<S6> | Archive: NIAS. Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society Records. |
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