Record Details
| NHER Number: | 6688 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of two post medieval postmills |
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Summary
Two post medieval postmills were located here from at least as early as 1839. They fell out of use in 1916 and had vanished from the site by the time it was visited in 1978.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 1236 3451 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG13SW |
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| Parish: | PLUMSTEAD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
This was the site of a post medieval windmill according to (S1). It has now totally vanished.
E.Rose (NAU) 11 May 1978.
It was marked on (S2).
E. Rose (NAU).
In fact there were two postmills here, as shown on tithe map 1839. They were last used in 1916.
E. Rose (NAU) 23 March 1982.
Monument Types
- WINDMILL (Post Medieval to Late 20th Century - 1540 AD to 1978 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Records / Pastscape. |
| <S2> | Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797. |
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