Record Details
| NHER Number: | 3248 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Post medieval brick kiln |
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Summary
This brick kiln, thought to date to the 1860s, is still surviving, although it is now used for pheasants. It forms part of a number of small brick kilns situated on this former common area, and used by individual families.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 01898 31448 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG03SW |
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| Parish: | SWANTON NOVERS, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Area of 19th century brick kilns on former common.
Individual 'small holdings' each with own kiln.
Now used for pheasants.
On 1836 1 inch Ordnance Survey map (S1).
Compiled by B. Yates (NAU).
Context 1: Brick kiln (date plaque 1860s E. Rose, NAU).
Information from Miss B. Yates (Rural Life Museum).
Compiled by B. Yates.
Source [2] states kiln still present but much ruined. No trace of date plaque now. Full of domestic rubbish; small clearance revealed the firing chamber below the kiln and the ends of the heating tunnels.
No disturbance planned but rubbish may be cleared.
Compiled by E. Rose (NLA), 29 June 2000.
Monument Types
- BRICK KILN (19th Century to 21st Century - 1860 AD? to 2100 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Post-Medieval. Swanton Novers. |
| <S1> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1824-1836. Ordnance Survey First Edition 1 inch.. |
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