Record Details
NHER Number: | 14002 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Site of post medieval tile kiln |
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Summary
The site of a post medieval tile kiln, destroyed in about 1940. The site is now a cultivated field.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TL 8696 8522 |
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Map Sheet: | TL88NE |
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Parish: | CROXTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
'Pot kiln' marked on (S1) just west of The Lodge; not on (S2) (1797) or (S3) (1826).
Information from NCM.
4 July 1979. Visit.
Exact location (buildings marked on Ordnance Survey) given by farmer.
He says despite the name this was a kiln for making pantiles. It had an underground chamber formed of bricks set on end and brick walls with a building over the top.
It was destroyed in about 1940 and site is now a ploughed field.
Monument Types
- TILE KILN (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> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1824-1836. Ordnance Survey First Edition 1 inch.. |
<S2> | Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797. |
<S3> | Map: Bryant, A.. 1826. Bryant's Map of Norfolk. |
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