Record Details

NHER Number:5069
Type of record:Monument
Name:Post medieval icehouse

Summary

This post medieval icehouse is totally overgrown with nettles but the mound of the chamber can still be seen.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TL 8881 9888
Map Sheet:TL89NE
Parish:LITTLE CRESSINGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

June 1978. Visit.
Icehouse. Totally overgrown and inaccessible in 2.5m (8 feet) high nettles but mound is visible under these.
E. Rose (NAU) 22 June 1978.

(S1) notes that the entrance tunnel is missing, there is a hole in the chamber opposite to it and the soil cover has been removed.
NIAS records
W. Arnold HES 25/01/11

Monument Types

  • ICEHOUSE (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.
<S1>Archive: NIAS. Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society Records.

Related records - none

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