Record Details
| NHER Number: | 42720 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Timber sluice |
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Summary
The Coastal Survey undertaken by the NAU in 2004 revealed a timber sluice in this location. The site is labelled Sluice Creek on a map of 1817, suggesting that there has been a sluice at this location since the 19th century.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 02837 44461 |
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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 2:
A timber sluice, comprising five upright timber posts and one metal bar was located in a channel to east of Blakeney Outfall Sluice 1. The channel is labelled 'Sluice Creek' on a map dating to 1817, suggesting that there has been a sluice at this location since at least the 19th century.
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
- SLUICE (18th Century to 21st Century - 1800 AD? to 2100 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 | Unpublished Contractor Report: Robertson, D., Crawley, P., Barker, A., and Whitmore, S. 2005.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. |
Related records
| 41012 | Part of: Norfolk Rapid Coastal Survey: land based survey at Hunstanton (Monument) |
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