Record Details

NHER Number:4721
Type of record:Monument
Name:Post medieval hydraulic rams

Summary

These two post medieval hydraulic rams and water catchment tank are housed in a modern brick shed. The rams were made by Green and Carter in Winchester.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 8697 0023
Map Sheet:TF80SE
Parish:LITTLE CRESSINGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

19 April 1978. Visit.
Hydraulic ram. In modern brick shed. Green and Carter ram made in Winchester (serial no.17498). Disused but in good condition, and water still in valves.
E. Rose (NAU), 19 April 1978.

(S1) report there are two rams, both Green's, of 1934 and 1935, and a catchment tank.
E. Rose (NAU), 11 October 1982.

Architects drawings (pre 1992) as large rolled plans.
E. Rose (NLA).

Monument Types

  • CISTERN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HYDRAULIC RAM (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Aerial Photograph: TF8604 A-B.
---Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1981. 10-year plan under way to restore rare mill. 9 July.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---*Rolled Plan: Large Plan Exists.
---Fiche: Exists.
<S1>Unpublished Document: Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society. Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society Survey.

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