Record Details
| NHER Number: | 19578 |
|---|
| Type of record: | Monument |
|---|
| Name: | Site of 19th century sheep wash |
|---|
Summary
A long rectangular tank was discovered during works in 1983. Its floor was paved in brick and its walls made of carstone with brick tops. It is labelled on late 19th and early 20th century maps as a sheepwash.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 6418 2380 |
|---|
| Map Sheet: | TF62SW |
|---|
| Parish: | NORTH WOOTTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
|---|
Full description
29 September 1983. North of the Pingle.
Discovered during construction of amenities park by MSC workers.
Rectangular tank about 0.6m to 0.9m (2 to 3 ft) deep, about 3.6m (12 ft) wide and 7.6 to 9m (25ft to 30ft) long floor paved with bricks on bed. Walls of carstone with two courses of brick (headers and headers on edge) at top. Wide channel off at one end to side pond. Timber uprights at entrance to tank. At opposite end a narrow drain, running through a brick arch to a wood-lined section, before going into brickwork again. Possibly another channel or ramp, wider, going off tank at right angles to this, as timber uprights against bank and remains of wood shuttering in between.
Not on (S1). On (S2) and (S3) 6 inch Ordnance Survey with subsidiary tanks.
Farmer states used as a sheep dip 1937.
Iron tool with two prongs found in roots beside tank by E. M. James (KLM).
Photos KLM. Drawings in file.
E. M. James (KLM), 29 September 1983.
Possibly made as sheepwash in first place (P. Wade-Martins, NAU).
Other possibilities include tanning, retting etc.
E. Rose (NAU), 24 October 1983.
This feature is visible on the Ordnance Survey first edition 25-inch map of 1885 (S4) and on the second edition of 1905 (S5) where it has the same layout and is labelled 'Sheepwash'. It therefore seems most likely that this was designed and built as such.
A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 16 July 2019.
Monument Types
- (Former Type) RETTING POND? (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- (Former Type) TANNING PIT? (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- SHEEP WASH (19th Century to Mid 20th Century - 1885 AD to 1937 AD)
Associated Finds
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Unknown date)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Map: Newton and Woodrow. 1838. North Wootton Tithe Map. |
| <S2> | Map: 1929. 6 inch Ordnance Survey Map. |
| <S3> | Map: 1959. 6 Inch Ordnance Survey Map. |
| <S4> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1883. 1883 first edition 25 inch Ordnance Survey map. |
| <S5> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902 - 1907. Ordnance Survey second edition 25" (1902 - 1907). |
Related records - none
Find out more...