Record Details
| NHER Number: | 42719 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Earthworks, possible brickworks or salt works |
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Summary
A series of mounds and hollows were identified during the Coastal Survey conducted by the NAU in 2004. These may indicate the site of a possible brickworks or salt works, although it is possible that they are the result of infilling of former channels and/or dredging.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 02866 44434 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG04SW |
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| Parish: | BLAKENEY, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
December 2004. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey.
Land-based survey; Area A71, Context 1:
A series of mounds and hollows were identified between TG 02866 44486 and TG 02862 44385. These may indicate saltworking or brickmaking, although it seems more probable that these are the result of infilling of former channels and/or dredging. The area is labelled Brick Marsh and Bank Marsh on a map of 1769.
See assessment report (S1) for further details.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.421).
A. Cattermole (NLA), 5 December 2007. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 July 2019.
Monument Types
- MOUND? (Unknown date)
- BRICKWORKS? (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- SALT WORKS? (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Robertson, D., Crawley, P., Barker, A., and Whitmore, S. 2005. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey. Assessment Report and Updated Project Design. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 1045. |
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| 41013 | Part of: Earthwork banks, ditches and mounds (Monument) |
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