Record Details
| NHER Number: | 6048 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of a post medieval dovecot |
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Summary
This post medieval dovecot was given to the church in 1928. It was demolished in 1964. No remains can be seen on the site, but it is visible on aerial photographs of the area.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 9901 8672 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL98NE |
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| Parish: | HARLING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Site of dovecot.
Formerly scheduled, demolished 1964. Bricks in Bridewell Museum.
See (S1).
26 July 1978. Visit.
No remains on site, an overgrown knoll in churchyard extension.
E. Rose (NAU), 26 July 1978.
A stone in the graveyard states that the dovecot was given to the church in 1928. The knoll has now been bulldozed to level the graveyard extension.
E. Rose (NLA), 22 April 2002.
September 2012. Norfolk NMP.
The dovecote described above is visible on aerial photographs of the area (S2-S4).
E. Bales (NMP), 04 September 2012.
Monument Types
- DOVECOTE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. NHER6048. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Publication: 1887. The Graphic. |
| <S2> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Royal Aeronautical Survey. 1918. NHER TL 9886A (ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SURVEY) 17-OCT-1918. |
| <S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF CPE/UK/1801 3087-8 25-OCT-1946 (NMR). |
| <S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1951. RAF 58/649 F20 3150-1 23-APR-1951 (NMR). |
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