Record Details
| NHER Number: | 17824 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cropmarks of undated double ring ditch, site of post medieval windmill |
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Summary
Aerial photography in 1977 recorded the cropmarks of a double concentric ring ditch. This area was also the site of a post medieval windmill which burnt down in 1819 due to ungreased gudgeons. The mill was apparently replaced by the mill at NHER 16392.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 273 849 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM28SE |
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| Parish: | WORTWELL, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
6 July 1977. NAU aerial photography.
Cropmarks.
One double, concentric ring ditch.
Compiled by D. Edwards (NAU), 17 March 1981.
Note name Mill Hill to southwest.
New road adjacent to this cropmark is called Windmill Road.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU), 6 June 1985.
Mill marked on map of 1797 (S1) in this area is very hard to locate, partly owing to road apparently closed when railway built. Note previous instances of mills inaccurately sited by Faden. Also, name Mill Hill appears on this site on (S2) rather than to southwest as on (S3). The mill in question is stated by informant to also be marked on Map of Suffolk (S4) (not seen) and to have been burnt down in 1819. It was replaced by one on site NHER 16392. [1]
See details under NHER 16392 for details.
Cause of fire was ungreased gudgeons.
E. Rose 11 June 1985.
Monument Types
- RING DITCH (Unknown date)
- RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- RING DITCH (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- WINDMILL (16th Century to 19th Century - 1540 AD? to 1819 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TM 2784A-C. |
| --- | 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> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1813. OS 1st Edition 2". |
| <S3> | Map: Ordnance Survey, First Edition, 6 Inch. 1879-1886. Ordnance Survey 1st Edition 6 inch map.. |
| <S4> | Map: Hodskinson. 1783. Map of Suffolk. |
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