Record Details
| NHER Number: | 13537 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of post-medieval post mill |
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Summary
This mill mound supported a post mill. It was last turned by wind in 1908 and was demolished in 1911. Excavations on the site have revealed four large pillars that supported the mill structure.
Images - none
Documents/files/web pages
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 0427 8606 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM08NW |
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| Parish: | KENNINGHALL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Mill mound 0.5m high, 12m diameter - marked as windmill on (S1).
Information from (S2).
This, or NHER 13538, was a smock mill. Shown on (S3).
In fact this was a post mill. On (S4).
Last turned by wind 1908. Demolished 1911.
E. Rose (NAU), 22 March 1982.
April 1989.
Mound excavated by landowners and foundations of supporting pillars found - suggesting there may have been no roundhouse.
See (S5).
E. Rose (NAU), 26 April 1989.
Monument Types
- POST MILL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- WINDMILL MOUND (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Website: Neville, J.. 2007. Kenninghall Mill Lane towermill. http://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Windmills/kenninghall-mill-lane-towermill.html. 31 May 2017. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1883. Ordnance Survey 25 inch 1st edition. |
| <S2> | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 08 NW M [2]. |
| <S3> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1824-1836. Ordnance Survey First Edition 1 inch.. |
| <S4> | Map: Bryant, A.. 1826. Bryant's Map of Norfolk. |
| <S5> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1989. Couple dig into the past and unearth a mill. 21 April. |
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