Record Details
| NHER Number: | 19092 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of medieval windmill; Lovell's Mill |
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Summary
This is the site of a medieval windmill, documented in the 14th century, and known as Lovell's Mill. Prehistoric flints, a Roman coin, and pottery dating the the Middle Saxon to the post medieval period have been found by fieldwalking.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 721 052 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF70NW |
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| Parish: | BARTON BENDISH, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
[1] reports as site of Lovell's Mill.
See (S1), active 1328 to 1329.
24 February 1983. Fieldwalking of field subdivision, medium conditions. Mound of yellowish brown sandy soil, about 0.5m high, about 17m east to west x 20m north to south.
Site of windmill according to documentary and fieldname evidence, A. Davison (NAU).
Immediately south of mound, coin of House of Valentinian, SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE, AD 364-378.
6 unglazed post medieval sherds.
5 glazed red earthenware.
1 stoneware.
1 glazed Grimston.
1 clay pipe bowl fragment.
1 copper alloy strip fragment.
Flint flake.
1 Ipswich fine sandy base.
1 Ipswich pimply body sherd.
A. Davison (NAU)
11 October 1983. Further fieldwalking.
3 bodysherds medieval unglazed.
1 Grimston glazed sherd and 1 base.
1 bodysherd medieval glazed with white inclusions, 'software'.
1 post medieval West Norfolk bichrome body sherd.
1 sherd glazed red earthenware.
1 Westerwald.
Identified A. Rogerson (NAU) February 1984.
Ref (S2) gives fuller details of the mill.
It is shown as Mill Hill on an early 19th century map. A Millway is mentioned in 17th century and may be the same as a Millgate and 'Novum moledinum' in 1332 and 1388 respectively. The references to Lovells Mill are in 1388 and 1350
('Lovel Milnhill'). However some or all of these earlier references might be to site NHER 25045.
E. Rose (NLA) 3 December 1997.
Monument Types
- WINDMILL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- WINDMILL MOUND (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | *Fieldwork: Barton Bendish Survey. 62. BB. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Serial: Blomefield, F.. 1807. An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk.. Vol VII. p 221. |
| <S2> | Article in Monograph: Rogerson, A. and Davison, A. 1997. An archaeological and historical survey of the parish of Barton Bendish. Barton Bendish and Caldecote: fieldwork in south-west Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. Rogerson, A. et al.. No 80 pp 1-42. pp 35-38. |
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